New York City spread herself before you
with her bangles and her spangles and her stars
you were impressed with the city so
undressed
you had to go out cruising all the bars
your business trip extended through the weekend
suburban boy here
for your first time
from the 27th floor above the midtown roar
you were dazzled by her beauty and her crime
and she's
every girl you've seen in every movie
every dame you've ever known on late night TV
in her steam and steel is the passion you
feel
endlessly
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
and to her you're just another guy
look down and see her
ruined places
smoke and ash still rising to the sky
she's happy that you're here but when you disappear
she won't know that
you're gone to say goodbye
and she's every girl you've seen in every movie
every dame you've ever known on late night
tv
in her steam and steel is the passion you feel
desperately
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
and to her
you're just another guy