Hey, Hey!
New York, New York - fascinating city!
Magic castles rising in the air!
Wall Street, Broadway, guys are sittin' pretty!
Every window hides a millionare!

So when defeaters hollar there's no chance
Tell them this, but with a dirty glance...

Once Mr. Woolworth didn't have a dime,
And Irving Berlin didn't have a rhyme,
And Thomas Dewey didn't have a crime,
But anything can happen in New York!

Once Rockafeller didn't have that oil,
And Tiffany, he didn't have a poil [pearl]
And Ziegfield didn't even have a goil [girl]
But anything can happen in New York!

You too can be that big ball of fire.
You too can have your name in Who's Who.
You too can climb up higher and higher.
Until you reach that rainbow room!

The Wall Street bankers didn't have a trust.
The Automatic didn't have a crust.
The Hall of Fame, it didn't have a bust.
But even you can be one in New York,
Yes sir, you can be one in New York!

The New York subway didn't have a nickel.
Take Mr. Hines, why he started without a pickle!
Grand Central Station, it started off without a porter/
And Eddie Canter started off without a daughter!

You too can be that big ball of fire.
You too can start from scratch and get rich.
You too can climb up higher and higher.
Like Lord and Taylor, Fun with Teller,
Gimble, Macy, Rockelfeller-
You can even be a Abercrombie Fitch!

Once Mr. Morgan didn't have a yaht.
And Joe DiMaggio didn't have a spot.
The pot of gold didn't have a pot!
But any thing can happen in New-
We don't mean innuendo-
We mean only in New York!