What is it about you You're big You're loud You're tough NYC I go years without you Then I Can't get Enough Enough of the cab drivers answering back In the language far from pure Enough of frankfurters answering back Brother, you know you're in NYC Too busy Too crazy Too hot Too cold Too late I'm sold Again On NYC
(spoken) Come on you slowpokes, we gotta get to the Roxy before the prices change.
NEW YORKERS, GRACE, ANNIE AND WARBUCKS
NYC
GRACE
The shadows at sundown The roofs That scrape The sky
ALL
NYC
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The rich and the rundown The parade Goes by
WARBUCKS
No other town has the Empire State And a mayor five foot two No other town in The whole forty eight Can half compare To you
ALL
Oh NYC
WARBUCKS
You make 'em all postcards
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NYC (NYC) The shimmer of Times Square
WARBUCKS
The pulse
GRACE
The beat
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The drive! (NYC)
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The city's bright As a penny arcade It blinks, it tilts, it rings
ANNIE
To think that I've lived here all of my life And never seen these things
ALL
Oh, NYC The whole world keeps coming
WARBUCKS
By bus
GRACE
By train
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
You can't Explain Their yen For
STAR TO BE
NYC
Just got here this morning Three bucks Two bags One me NYC
I give you fair warning Up there In lights I'll be Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufman and Hart The place they love the best Though California pays big for their art Their fan mail comes addressed to NYC Tomorrow a penthouse That's way up high Tonight The "Y" Why not It's NYC
ALL
NYC You're standing room only You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NYC