King Of New York

A pair of new shoes with matching laces! A permanent box at sheepshead races! A porcelain tub with boiling water! A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter! Look at me I'm the King of New York! Suddenly I'm respectable staring right at ya lousy with stature. Nobbin' with all the muckety mucks I'm blowing my dough with gowin' deluxe. And there I be aint I pretty? It's my city I'm the King of New York. A corduroy suit with fitted knickers. A mezzanine seat to see the flickers Havana cigars that cost a quarter An editor's desk for the star reporter Tip your hat, he's the King of New York. How 'bout that! I'm the king of New York. In nothing flat he'll be covering Brooklyn to Trenton, our man Denton. Makin' a headline out of a hunch. Protecting the weak and payin' for lunch. When I'm at bat strong men crumble. Proud yet humble. I'm (He's) the king of New York. I gotta be either dead or dreamin' 'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin' Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it But I was a star for one whole minute Look at me I'm the King of New York. Aint ya heard? I'm the King of New York! Holy cow It's miracle Pulitzer's cryin' Weasel, he's dyin' Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun I'm one highfalutin' son-of-a-gun Don't ask me how Fortune found me Fate just crowned me Now I'm king of New York Look and see Once a piker Now a striker I'm the king of New York Victory! Front page story Guts and glory I'm the king of New York! SARAH B