New York

I'm going to New York, New York

I'm going to New York

I'm going to New York, to New York

I land in the city with blood in my grin

Manhattan don't welcome, it drags you right in

Deals on the table, knives under coats

Every hand shakes heavy, every word's a choke

Concrete heartbeat, veins of steel

Truth in this jungle is kill or be killed

Stage lights burn, no curtains to mend

The city don't clap, it devours the end

I'm going to New York, New York

I'm going to New York

I'm going to New York, to New York

One of my men hit the night too bold

They stripped him bare, left him out in the cold

Shoes torn off, jacket gone to the dark

He ran half-naked through the teeth of the park

Concrete heartbeat, veins of steel

Truth in this jungle is kill or be killed

On a stage where the players get stripped to the bone

Manhattan, don't watch; it makes you alone

I'm going to New York, New York

I'm going to New York

I'm going to New York, to New York

It's theater without mercy, an act without end

The spotlight burns hotter when you call it a friend

Competitions, scripts, survivals to play

And New York erases the names every day

I'm going to New York, New York

I'm going to New York

I'm going to New York, to New York

New York, New York

The stage is alive, but it's feeding on you