New York, New York
Betty Comden (w), Adolph Green (w), Leonard Bernstein (m)
On The Town, 1944
We've got one day her, and no 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 chest,
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,
And people ride in a hole in the ground;
New York, New York,
It's a helluca town!
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;
Gotta see the wholte town
Right 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 million are screaming for space;
New York, New York,
It's a visitor's place!
Manhattan women are dressed in silk and satin,
Or so the fellows say;
There's just on 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,
And people ride in a hole in the ground;
New York, New York,
It's a helluva town!
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1944 | On The Town | stage | stage original | introduced |
1949 | On The Town | film | film adaptation | reused |