My Manhattan

The lights are bright
In the New York night
There's a bustle on the street
And you feel alive, but you don't know why
And you're dizzy from the heat
The traffic moves in rhythm
If your own heart beats

When you woke today
You didn't know
What the world is all about
Now you'll never see the way you saw before
And now there isn't any doubt
The city's full of questions
That you must find out

Let me show you my Manhattan
It's mesmerizing, metropolitan dream
You would thrive in my Manhattan (mesmerizing)
A thousand lights for you to see
Oh the things you'll be
Let me show you my Manhattan, Jerusha

And a trolley car
And a two cent plane
And Julia buys a hat
So we're running late, for a play I hate
About a Danish autocrat
A town that never sleeps
Can you imagine that?

Let me show you my Manhattan
It's captivating (it's captivating)
The New York Times at your door
You would flourish in Manhattan (mesmerizing)
There's so much wonder in the air
Nothing can compare
Let me show you my Manhattan, Jerusha

Mercy Daddy isn't New York big?
Do you mean to tell me you actually live in all that confusion?
It will take me months to recover from two days of it!

You are welcome in Manhattan
It's waiting for you
Rendezvous in Times Square (There's George M Cohen)
Take a chance on my Manhattan (Fifth Avenue)
The Algonquin, it's a rage
Crusoe on the stage
Write a page about Manhattan (It's Babes in Toyland)

The plaza, rubbing elbows with a queen
While having drinks with Oscar Hammerstein
The Belasco and the Met (Coney Island)
The sights you will not soon forget (There's J.P. Morgan)
Just hop on the Ninth Avenue line
This city could be yours and mine

My Manhattan (your Manhattan)
Your Manhattan
Our Manhattan