On The Town by Musical
New York, New York by
OZZIE:
Come on, Gabey, hurry up!
CHIP:
Twenty-four hours!
SAILOR:
Hey, why don't ya look where you're goin'.
You'd think it was your first time in New York!
GABEY:
It is!
(The sailors look around them, happily absorbing the scene.)
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York!
It's a helluva town!
GABEY:
We've got one day here and not another minute
To see the famous sights!
OZZIE:
We'll find the romance and danger waiting in it
Beneath the Broadway lights;
But we've hair on our chests
So what we like the best are the nights
Sights! Lights! Nights!
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York, a helluva town.
The (1)__________ is up, but the Battery's down.
The people (2)________ in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a (3)______________ town!
CHIP:
(points to Empire State Building)
Hey, Gabey! Gabey, look.
(consulting his (4)__________________ with reverence and excitement)
Gabey, it says here "There are 20,000 streets in New York,
not counting MacDougal (5)__________ the heart of Green-Witch Village,
a charming (6)________________________ filled with..."
OZZIE:
Here we go again!
CHIP:
The (7)____________ places to (8)__________ are so many,
Or so the (9)____________________ say.
I (10)________________ Daddy I wouldn't (11)________ on any.
And we have (12)________ one day.
Got to see the whole town
From Yonkers on down to the Bay.
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!
New York, New York, a visitor's place,
Where no one lives on (13)______________ of the pace,
But seven millions are screaming for space.
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!
(Two (14)______________ enter, weaving and weary-looking -
one happy, one (15)________ glum.)
GABEY:
Hey! Look who's comin' back! It's Tom and Andy!
OZZIE:
Hey, Tom, Andy! Hey, fellas, how are the New York dames?
ANDY:
Wonderful - I don't remember a thing!
TOM:
Awful! I remember everything!
(Tom and (16)________ exit.)
OZZIE:
Manhattan (17)__________ are (18)______________ in silk and satin,
Or so the fellas say;
There's just one thing that's (19)__________________ in Manhattan,
When you have just one day;
Gotta (20)________ up a date...
CHIP:
Maybe seven...
OZZIE:
Or eight
On your way.
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!
New York, New York, a helluva town.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down.
The people (21)________ in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!!
OZZIE:
Come on, Gabey, hurry up!
CHIP:
Twenty-four hours!
SAILOR:
Hey, why don't ya look where you're goin'.
You'd think it was your first time in New York!
GABEY:
It is!
(The sailors look around them, happily absorbing the scene.)
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York!
It's a helluva town!
GABEY:
We've got one day here and not another minute
To see the famous sights!
OZZIE:
We'll find the romance and danger waiting in it
Beneath the Broadway lights;
But we've hair on our chests
So what we like the best are the nights
Sights! Lights! Nights!
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York, a helluva town.
The (1)__________ is up, but the Battery's down.
The people (2)________ in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a (3)______________ town!
CHIP:
(points to Empire State Building)
Hey, Gabey! Gabey, look.
(consulting his (4)__________________ with reverence and excitement)
Gabey, it says here "There are 20,000 streets in New York,
not counting MacDougal (5)__________ the heart of Green-Witch Village,
a charming (6)________________________ filled with..."
OZZIE:
Here we go again!
CHIP:
The (7)____________ places to (8)__________ are so many,
Or so the (9)____________________ say.
I (10)________________ Daddy I wouldn't (11)________ on any.
And we have (12)________ one day.
Got to see the whole town
From Yonkers on down to the Bay.
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!
New York, New York, a visitor's place,
Where no one lives on (13)______________ of the pace,
But seven millions are screaming for space.
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!
(Two (14)______________ enter, weaving and weary-looking -
one happy, one (15)________ glum.)
GABEY:
Hey! Look who's comin' back! It's Tom and Andy!
OZZIE:
Hey, Tom, Andy! Hey, fellas, how are the New York dames?
ANDY:
Wonderful - I don't remember a thing!
TOM:
Awful! I remember everything!
(Tom and (16)________ exit.)
OZZIE:
Manhattan (17)__________ are (18)______________ in silk and satin,
Or so the fellas say;
There's just one thing that's (19)__________________ in Manhattan,
When you have just one day;
Gotta (20)________ up a date...
CHIP:
Maybe seven...
OZZIE:
Or eight
On your way.
GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!
New York, New York, a helluva town.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down.
The people (21)________ in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!!
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