Guess what ! Summer's arrived
I feel the world's on my side
The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me
A billion souls all dying to know me
Well here I am! Loaded with promise
And knee deep in grace
What I want is here on my face and
I feel like I own the whole damn place
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
Call me star-struck Uncle Sam
Strolling Fifth Avenue
- Just to think Sinatra's been here too
These myths we can't undo
They lie in wait for you
We live them till they're true
Manhattan doo-bie-doo
Hey Manhattan doo-bie-doo
Some days you've got to get outside
- Look there's "The Carlyle"
That's the place where Kennedy stayed
And where were you when he died
(Yeah some things are slow to fade)
There they were - Loaded with promise
And knee deep in fate
And when what you want shows on your face
All that's left litters the whole damn place
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
Call it bad luck Uncle Sam
Scrounging Fifth Avenue
- Just to think the poor could live here too
But what are they to do
These myths belong to you
We live them till they're true
Manhattan doo-bie-doo
Hey Manhattan doo-bie-doo
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