ONLY IN NEW YORK
Words and music
By Ann Hampton Callaway
REFRAIN
Only in New York
Only in New York
CHORUS
Side by side
No place to hide
It's a ride
With the faces
That are traces of your soul
Here's the heart of you
Look at ev'ry part of you
In this drama
You're playin' ev'ry role
You're the beauty
And you're the beast
You're the famine, baby
And you're the feast
You're the righteous
And you're the wrong
You're the unsung hero
And you're the song
REFRAIN
Husbands and has-beens
And hopeful young could-be's
Lovers and losers
And talented should-be's
Scholars and hitmen
The next Walt Whitman
Drag queens, accountants
Cynics and schmoozers
Legends and lawyers
And leering young boozers
CHORUS
Models and martyrs
And children and dealers
Pundits and poets
Heroes and healers
Jokers and joshers
Persistent car washers
Mothers, the homeless
The gays and the breeders
Born agains, beggars
And future world leaders
CODA
Only in New York
Only in New York
Side by side by side
By side by side by side
Only in New York