| King of New York MUSH: A pair of new shoes with matching laces! RACETRACK: A permanent box at the Sheepshed races! SPOT: A porcelain tub with boiling water! KID BLINK: A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter! RACETRACK: Look at me! I'm the king of New York! Suddenly, I'm respectable! Staring right at ya, lousy with stature! JACK: Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks, I'm blowing my dough and going deluxe! RACETRACK: And there I be! Ain't I pretty? RACETRACK and JACK: It's my city. I'm the king of New York! BOOTS: A corduroy suit with fitted knickers! LES: A mezzanine seat to see the flickers! SNIPESHOOTER: Havana cigars that cost a quarter! DAVID: An editor's desk for the star reporter! ALL NEWSIES: Tip your hat, he's the king of New York! DENTON: How 'bout that! I'm the king of New York! ALL NEWSIES: In nothing flat, he'll be covering Brooklyn to Trenton, Our man Denton. KID BLINK: Making the headlines out of a hunch! DENTON: Protecting the weak. RACETRACK: And paying for lunch! DENTON: When I'm at bat, strong men crumble. RACETRACK: Proud yet humble. RACETRACK and DENTON: I'm/He's the king of New York. ALL NEWSIES: I gotta be either dead or dreaming, 'Cause look at that pape with my face beaming. Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it, But I was a star for one whole minute! Starting now, I'm the king of New York! DENTON: Ain't ya heard? I'm the king of New York. ALL NEWSIES: Holy cow! It's miracle, Pulitzer's crying, Weasel, he's dying. Flashpots are shooting bright as the sun! I'm one highfaluting son-of-a-gun! Don't ask me how! Fortune found me, fate just crowned me, Now I'm king of New York. Look and see! Once a piker, now a striker, I'm the king of New York! Victory! Front page story, guts and glory, I'm the king of New York! Song Lyrics |