Ooh, New York Ooh, New York Grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes Noises always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say Seen my face in lights, all my name in marquee found down on Broadway Even if it ain't all it seems, I got a pocket full of dreams, baby, I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams remain half, there's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new And lights will inspire you, here in our New York, New York, New York On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard Such a melting pot on the corner selling rock preachers bread to God Hail a gypsy cab, take me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Some will sleep tonight with a hunger but more than an empty fridge I'ma make it by any means, I got a pocket full of dreams, baby, I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams remain half, there's nothing you can't do Here in our New York, these streets will make you feel brand new And lights will inspire you, here in our New York, New York, New York One hand in the air for the big city, streetlights, big dreams all looking pretty No place in the world that can compare, put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah In New York, concrete jungle where dreams remain half, there's nothing you can't do Here in our New York, these streets will make you feel brand new And lights will inspire you, here in our New York, New York, New York New York, New York New York, New York