Start spreadin' the news

I'm leavin' today

I want to be a part of it

These vagabond shoes

Are longin' to stray

Right through the very heart of it

I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep

To find I'm cream of the crop and top of the heap

These little-town blues

Are meltin' away

I'll make a brand-new start of it

Oh, in New York

If I can make it there

I'll make it anywhere

New York

It's up to you

New York