Story Behind The Song

If you've ever been to New York city, it can leave one feeling quite inspired, among other things. It wasn't until years after I'd been there for the fist time that I finally found some words to start describing how it made me feel.

Song Description

Jazz ballad about a really really great city!

Lyrics

The City of New York by Gordon Kuhns

A more wondrous place could likely not exist.
A gathering of everything humanity can show.
A symbol of the great American dream,
the city of New York

mm hmm, ok, but wait a minute,
you say there's a madness with the magic
and a nightmare with the dream.
They coexist, the struggle and the bliss,
the city of New York

A stranger city could likely not exist.
A city of unquestionably decadent dis-ease
but in the darkness you can always see the lights,
the city of New York

mm hmm, you see there's good among the evil,
and there's ordinary people,
mostly just getting by.
The low-down high, the dungeons in the sky,
the city of New York


Sax solo: dig it...

So stand in awe, and feel a little fear
at what our strengths and weaknesses
have brought upon us here.
You live and learn
and you hope you get your turn,
the city of New York.

mm hmm, but I hope you're feeling stout
`cause they may grind you up
and and spit you out
ooh baby feel the burn.
It's hard to shine
in a freak-show so divine,
the city of New York.