Once there was a time When this town was so high We could never come down When rules did not apply We would drink fountains dry In a club filled with sound And bands would play to please me You found a partner easy The name game was the only game in town
Nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end We did the Continental American
All our clothes from France Soul Train taught us to dance We had smoke in our eyes Friends were lost and found We were Paradise bound Some got lost, nobody cried Others took their places Always strange new faces Always one more chance to go around
Nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end We did the Continental American
Now we're staying in Let the new dance begin But those kids look(seem) so young All dressed up in our clothes But what none of them knows Is we really had fun! When bands would play to please us(me) You found a partner easy Scott and Zelda should have seen us then When nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end Manhattan pioneers