Goodnight New York Songtext / Lyric

Morning comes crashing like a rock in the window

Jackhammer banging on the hot concrete

Take your stand (hey!), move it man

It's a backtalk sidewalk symphony

Uber cars, yellow cabs, thick as smoke

Painted girls and metre maids will leave you broke

Sax man blowing, shooting through my veins

There's a rhythm to the racket that's intoxicating



Goodnight New York, goodnight

Don't ever close your eyes

If the street could talk, New York New York

So fine they named you twice

Your face, your brains, no other place

From east to west, these streets are blessed

Goodnight New York, sleep tight New York, goodnight






Starbucks, FedEx trucks on every street and avenue

Broadway lights shining bright, make everybody beautiful

Walking on the High Line, reaching for the skyline

If Alexander Hamilton could see it all

Garbage trucks backing up, beep beep beep

Dogs barking on the balcony, the kids can't sleep

Scaffolds, potholes, families on their bicycles

Fast trains, bus lanes, welcome to the carnival



Goodnight New York, goodnight

Don't ever close your eyes

If the street could talk, New York New York

So fine they named you twice

Your face, your brains, no other place

From east to west, these streets are blessed

Goodnight New York, sleep tight New York, goodnight



The bravest and the finest

My hand's on my heart for you

To the ones who paid the price and to those who saw us through

It's late, I'm getting weary

So for now I'll say



Goodnight New York, goodnight

Don't ever close your eyes

If the street could talk, New York New York

So fine they named you twice



Goodnight New York, goodnight

Don't ever close your eyes

If the street could talk, New York New York

So fine they named you twice

Your face, your brains, no other place

From east to west, these streets are blessed

Goodnight New York, sleep tight New York, goodnight

Goodnight New York, sleep tight New York, goodnight

So goodnight New York, sleep tight New York, goodnight