New York, New York (Finale Act ll) (from On The Town) - Leonard Bernstein

We’ve got one day here and not another minute

To see the famous sights!

We’ll find the romance and danger waiting in it

Beneath the Broadway lights;

But we’ve hair on our chests

So what we like the best are the nights

Sights!

Lights!

Nights!

New York, New York, a helluva town

The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down

The people ride in a hole in the groun'

New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!

(Spoken interlude)

Hey, Gabey!

Gabey, look!

Gabey, it says here «There are 20,000 streets in New

York, not counting MacDougal Alley the heart of Green-Witch Village,

a charming thoroughfare filled with…»

Here we go again!

(Song)

The famous places to visit are so many

Or so the guidebooks say

I promised Daddy I wouldn’t miss on any

And we have just one day

Got to see the whole town

From Yonkers on down to the Bay

In just one day!

New York, New York, a visitor’s place

Where no one lives on account of the pace

But seven millions are screaming for space

New York, New York, it’s a visitor’s place!

(Spoken Interlude)

Hey!

Look who’s comin' back!

It’s Tom and Andy!

Hey, Tom, Andy!

Hey, fellas, how are the New York dames?

Wonderful — I don’t remember a thing!

Awful!

I remember everything!

(Song)

Manhattan women are dressed in silk and satin

Or so the fellas say;

There’s just one thing that’s important in Manhattan

When you have just one day;

Gotta pick up a date

Maybe seven

Or eight

On your way

In just one day!

New York, New York, a helluva town

The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down

The people ride in a hole in the groun'

New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!