Broadway Baby (Radio Edit)

It's three o'clock, and bells are ringing
It's time to dance your way out the door
Your friends are waiting with their hands open wide for
Five dollars for tonights high

The wind on the rooftops whistles through your hair
And new life spreads to your fingertips
The Hudson River's like the blood runs through your veins
Glinting in the New York City dusk

Broadway Baby, He's taking a nose dive
Broadway Baby on the Brooklyn Bridge
Broadway Baby thinks he's in too deep
Ain't gonna be no rest tonight in the city that never sleeps

Walking down the sidewalk in the pouring rain
Hoping the water washes you clean
Two weeks since you showered you're wearing cigarette perfume
Your peacoat smelling like failure and burnout

Wearing vans backwards, smoking on a stoop
Watching west side couples walking by
Maybe you'll call that girl and ask her on a date
But hell you're too far gone to try

Useless daydreams and forgotten tomorrows
Meanings of life that didn't mean a thing
And the feeling that you're on top of the world
You wouldn't give that up for nothing

Broadway Baby, He's taking a nose dive
Broadway Baby on the Brooklyn Bridge
Broadway Baby thinks he's in too deep
Ain't gonna be no rest tonight in the city that never sleeps

Walking down the highline in chelsea
Five o'clock on a February afternoon
Can't go home, you can't feel your feet
As they take you where you want to go

Where South Street seaport glistens through the fog
And Ellis Island's just a stone's throw away
Halfway to parkslope and the bottom of his home
Is where the hero makes his final stand

Broadway Baby, He's taking a nose dive
Broadway Baby on the Brooklyn Bridge
Broadway Baby thinks he's in too deep
Ain't gonna be no rest tonight in the city that never

Broadway Baby, He's taking a nose dive
Broadway Baby on the Brooklyn Bridge
Broadway Baby thinks he's in too deep
Ain't gonna be no rest tonight in the city that never sleeps