00:00I miss the old city lights
00:08Those sparkling city lights
00:15Those twinkling city lights
00:22Blur in my eyes
00:34I miss those city lights
00:39Those sparkling city lights
00:43Those twinkling city lights
00:47Blur in my eyes
00:51I love those city lights
00:54Those sparkling city lights
00:58Those twinkling city lights
01:02Blur in my eyes
01:06I love those city lights
01:10The color of city sights
01:14That shine under city lights
01:18In the sky
01:22New moon hay gives me hay fever
01:26There's the rooster, where's my cleaver?
01:30So laid back, my mind might crack
01:34And when the thresher's up, all my pressure's up
01:38City lights
01:40Oh, I long for those city lights
01:44The bulbs and those beaming brights
01:48Beckoning me there, me there
01:53Take the crickets and go shove them
01:57Urban crisis, how I love them
02:01Grime and grit and pretty city lights
02:14I miss those city lights
02:19Those sparkling city lights
02:24Those twinkling city lights
02:30Blur in my eyes
02:35I love those city lights
02:41The color of city sights
02:46That shine under city lights
02:52Tint in the skies
02:59Walking lanes to pick a daisy
03:03That could drive a person crazy
03:06Homemade bread lies here like lead
03:10All these preach preserve, oh please, my nerves
03:13City lights
03:15Oh, I long for those city lights
03:19The bulbs and those beaming brights
03:23Beckoning me there, me there
03:28Steins and staples sure are smelly
03:32Let me sniff some kosher deli
03:36Brightly lit by pretty city lights
03:43Pluck your lilies of the valley
03:47Let me sally up the valley
03:51Dimly lit by pretty city lights
03:59Some folks like to get away
04:03Take a holiday from the neighborhood
04:08Hop a flight to Miami Beach
04:11Or to Hollywood
04:16But I'm taking a greyhound
04:20On the Hudson River line
04:25On the Hudson River line
04:30I'm in a New York state of mind
04:41Seen all of the movie stars
04:44In their fancy cars and their limousines
04:49Been high in the Rockies
04:52Under the evergreens
04:57I know what I'm needing
05:00And I don't want to waste more time
05:06I'm in a New York state of mind
05:12It was so easy living day by day
05:19Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
05:27But now I need a little give and take
05:35I need a little give and take
05:40The New York Times
05:44The Daily News
05:52Comes down to reality
05:55And it's fine with me
05:57Cause I've let it slide
06:00I don't care if it's Chinatown
06:03Or on Riverside
06:07I don't have any reasons
06:11I left them all behind
06:16I'm in a New York state of mind
06:34I'm in a New York state of mind
06:39It was so easy living day by day
06:44Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
06:49But now I need a little give and take
06:54I need a little give and take
06:59The New York Times
07:04It was so easy living day by day
07:09Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
07:17But now I need a little give and take
07:24The New York Times
07:28The Daily News
07:35Comes down to reality
07:39And it's fine with me
07:41Cause I've let it slide
07:44I don't care if it's Chinatown
07:48Or on Riverside
07:52I don't have any reasons
07:55I left them all behind
08:01I'm in a New York state of mind
08:12I'm just taking that Greyhound
08:16On the Hudson River Line
08:23I'm in a New York state of mind
08:54I'm in a New York state of mind
09:12There's no business like show business
09:21Like no business I know
09:28Everything about it is appealing
09:35Everything that traffic will allow
09:42Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
09:49When you are stealing that extra bow
09:57There's no people like show people
10:05They smile when they are low
10:14Yesterday they told you you would not go far
10:21That night you opened and there you are
10:28Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
10:37Let's go on with the city lights
10:49How I long for those city lights
10:53The boats and those beaming brights
10:57Beckoning me there
11:02Stars and stables sure are smelly
11:06Let me sniff some kosher deli
11:10Brightly lit by pretty city lights
11:17Block your lilies of the valley
11:21Let me sally up some alley
11:25Simply lit by pretty city lights
11:32Country air means ilch to me
11:38I won't breathe nothing I can't see
11:43So let me quit and hit
11:47Those pretty city lights
12:18Some folks like to get away
12:21Take a holiday from the neighborhood
12:26Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
12:34But I'm taking a greyhound on the Hudson River line
12:43Cause I'm in a New York state of mind
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