Letra de New York, NY 10009
Got into town on a Saturday night With a Fender guitar and I checked out the sights And I drank my way down to the Lower East Side 'Coz I was nuts about Thunders and SuicideThen I formed a band called the Major Thinkers With a couple of musicians and some heavy drinkers And I went up to Max's and I said "Hey man, I'm gonna blow your club right off the map"New York, New York what have you done? You've wrecked me 'til I have become Half the man I might have been Half the hero of my dreamNew York, New York it's over now You beat me still I know somehow Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong Just to show you I was right all alongWell, I met Sheila down at Blanche's bar She was dressed all in black and her heart was a scar She took me back to Avenue C How we were happy there, her and me'Til a man from the Black Rock saw the band And he said, "Hey, you dudes are just sizzling hot and We're gonna cut a record and gonna make you all stars But first things first, sign your soul away here"New York, New York what have you done? You've wrecked me 'til I have become Half the man I might have been Half the hero of my dreamNew York, New York it's over now You beat me still I know somehow Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong Just to show you I was right all alongYeah, we cut a song about Avenue B And the boxes boomed it all over the streets But the record company had us screwed us all up And Sheila went off and joined the scientology churchThen Mike stopped a bullet in Staten Island And my whole world turned ultra violent But there's one last thing I just gotta see through There's one last thing I gotta say to youSheila, baby, give me one more chance I've just gone and formed Black '47 I don't care about the money and you can keep the fame I just wanna beat this city at its own dumb gameNew York, New York what have you done? You've wrecked me 'til I have become Half the man I might have been Half the hero of my dreamNew York, New York it's over now You beat me still I know somehow Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong Just to show you I was right all alongNew York, New York