Native New Yorker

New York girl, ooh-ooh-ooh

Runnin' pretty, New York City girl

25, 35, hello, baby, New York City girl

You grew up riding the subways

Running with people

Up in Harlem, down on Broadway

You're no tramp, but you're no lady

Talkin' that street talk

You're the heart and soul of New York City

And love, love is just a passing word

It's the thought you had in a taxi cab

That got left on the curb

When he dropped you off at East 83rd

Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh)

You're a native New Yorker

You should know the score by now (you should know by now)

You're a native New Yorker

New York girl, ooh-ooh-ooh

Music plays, everyone's dancing

Closer and closer

Making friends and finding lovers

There you are, lost in the shadows

Searching for someone (searching for someone)

To set you free from New York City

And, whoa, where did all those yesterdays go

When you still believed

Love could really be like a Broadway show?

You were the star (you were the star), when did it close?

Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh)

You're a native New Yorker

No one opens the door

For a native New Yorker

Runnin' pretty, New York City girl

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Native, native, native, ooh-ooh-ooh

Where did all those yesterdays go

When you still believed

Love could really be like a Broadway show?

You were the star

You're a native New Yorker

You should know the score by now (native, native New Yorker)

You're a native New Yorker

You should know the score

You should know the score by now

You're a native New Yorker, oh-oh-oh

(Native, native, native, native New Yorker)

You're a native New Yorker

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

You're a native New Yorker

You should know the score

(Native, native, native, native new Yorker)

You're a native New Yorker

What you waiting for?

No one opens the door (you're a native New Yorker)

For a native, for a native New Yorker|

(Native, native, native, native new Yorker)

You're a native New Yorker