
Date of issue: 31.12.1992
Record label: Capitol
Song language: English
New York, NY 10009 |
Got into town on a Saturday night |
With a Fender guitar and I checked out the sights |
And I drank my way down to the Lower East Side |
'Coz I was nuts about Thunders and Suicide |
Then I formed a band called the Major Thinkers |
With a couple of musicians and some heavy drinkers |
And I went up to Max’s and I said |
«Hey man, I’m gonna blow your club right off the map» |
New York, New York what have you done? |
You’ve wrecked me 'til I have become |
Half the man I might have been |
Half the hero of my dream |
New York, New York it’s over now |
You beat me still I know somehow |
Just for once I’m gonna prove you wrong |
Just to show you I was right all along |
Well, I met Sheila down at Blanche’s bar |
She was dressed all in black and her heart was a scar |
She took me back to Avenue C How we were happy there, her and me |
'Til a man from the Black Rock saw the band |
And he said, «Hey, you dudes are just sizzling hot and |
We’re gonna cut a record and gonna make you all stars |
But first things first, sign your soul away here» |
New York, New York what have you done? |
You’ve wrecked me 'til I have become |
Half the man I might have been |
Half the hero of my dream |
New York, New York it’s over now |
You beat me still I know somehow |
Just for once I’m gonna prove you wrong |
Just to show you I was right all along |
Yeah, we cut a song about Avenue B And the boxes boomed it all over the streets |
But the record company had us screwed us all up And Sheila went off and joined the scientology church |
Then Mike stopped a bullet in Staten Island |
And my whole world turned ultra violent |
But there’s one last thing I just gotta see through |
There’s one last thing I gotta say to you |
Sheila, baby, give me one more chance |
I’ve just gone and formed Black '47 |
I don’t care about the money and you can keep the fame |
I just wanna beat this city at its own dumb game |
New York, New York what have you done? |
You’ve wrecked me 'til I have become |
Half the man I might have been |
Half the hero of my dream |
New York, New York it’s over now |
You beat me still I know somehow |
Just for once I’m gonna prove you wrong |
Just to show you I was right all along |
New York, New York |
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