Come and meet those dancing feet On the avenue I'm takin' you to Forty-second Street Hear the beat of dancing feet It's the song I love the melody of Forty-second Street...
Little 'nifties' from the Fifties Innocent and sweet Sexy ladies from the Eighties Who are indiscreet - (Oh) They're side by side, they're glorified Where the underworld can meet the elite (Naughty, gaudy, bawdy, sporty) Forty-second Street
The big parade goes on for years It's the rhapsody of laughter and tears Naughty, bawdy, gaudy, sporty Forty-second Street.