SOME FOLKS LIKE TO GET AWAY TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOP A FLIGHT TO MIAMI BEACH OR TO HOLLYWOOD BUT, I'M TAKIN' A GREYHOUND ON THE HUDSON RIVER LINE I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND NEW YORK STATE OF MIND WE'VE GOT ONE DAY HERE AND NOT ANOTHER MINUTE TO SEE THE FAMOUS SITES WE'LL FIND THE ROMANCE AND DANGER WAITING IN IT BENEATH THE BROADWAY LIGHTS GOTTA SEE THE WHOLE TOWN RIGHT FROM YONKERS ON DOWN TO THE BAY IN JUST ONE DAY NEW YORK, NEW YORK A WONDERFUL TOWN THE BRONX IS UP AND THE BATTERY'S DOWN THE PEOPLE RIDE IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND NEW YORK, NEW YORK IT'S A HELLUVA TOWN SUCH A WONDERFUL TOWN I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN THE BRONX AND STATEN ISLAND TOO IT'S LOVELY GOING THROUGH THE ZOO THE GREAT BIG CITY'S A WONDROUS TOY JUST MADE FOR A GIRL AND BOY WE'LL TURN MANHATTAN INTO AN ISLE OF JOY I LIKE NEW YORK IN JUNE, HOW ABOUT YOU? I LIKE A GERSHWIN TUNE, HOW ABOUT YOU? HOW ABOUT YOU? EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE ALL AROUND THE TOWN WE'LL TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC ON THE SIDEWALKS OF.... NEW YORK I'M A NATIVE NEW YORKER OH OH... I'M A NATIVE NEW YORKER I GREW UP IN A TOWN THAT'S FAMOUS AS A PLACE OF MOVIE SCENES NOISE IS ALWAYS LOUD THERE ARE SIRENS ALL AROUND AND THE STREETS ARE MEAN I'M GONNA MAKE IT BY ANY MEANS I GOT A POCKETFULL OF DREAMS BABY I'M FROM NEW YORK CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO NOW YOU'RE IN NEW YORK THESE STREETS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BRAND NEW BIG LIGHTS INSPIRE YOU LET'S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK START SPREADIN' THE NEWS I'M LEAVIN' TODAY I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT NEW YORK NEW YORK THESE VAGABOND SHOES ARE LONGING TO STRAY RIGHT THROUGH THE VERY HEART OF IT NEW YORK NEW YORK I WANT TO WAKE UP IN A CITY THAT DOESN'T SLEEP TO FIND I'M KING OF THE HILL TOP OF THE HEAP... THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY I'LL MAKE A BRAND NEW START OF IT IN OLD NEW YORK IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE I'LL MAKE IT ANYWHERE IT'S UP TO YOU NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK I WANNA WAKE UP IN A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS AND FIND I'M KING OF THE HILL HEAD OF THE LIST CREAM OF THE CROP AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY I'M GONNA MAKE A BRAND NEW START OF IT IN MY NEW YORK CAUSE IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE I'LL MAKE IT ANYWHERE I'M ONE OF YOU NEW YORK NEW YORK!