new york girl ooh ooh ooh
runnin’ pretty new york city girl
5 5 hello baby
new york city girl
you grew up ridin’ the subways running with people
up in harlem down on broadway
you’re no tramp but you’re no lady
talkin’ that street talk
you’re the heart and soul of new york city
pre
and love
love is just a passing word
it’s the thought that you had
in a taxicab that got left on the curb
when he dropped you off at east 8rd
oh oh oh oh oh oh
you’re a native new yorker
you should know the score by now you should know by now
you’re a native new yorker
new york girl ooh ooh ooh
music plays everyone’s dancin’ closer and closer
makin’ friends and findin’ lovers
there you are lost in the shadows
searchin’ for someone searchin’ for someone
to set you free from new york city
pre
and whoa
where did all those yesterdays go
when you still believed
love could really be like a broadway show
you were the star when did it close
oh oh oh oh oh oh
you’re a native new yorker
no one opens the door
for a native new yorker
runnin’ pretty new york city girl
interlude
ooh ooh ooh
native native native ooh
where did all those yesterdays go
when you still believed
love could really be like a broadway show
you were the star
you’re a native new yorker
you should know the score by now
you’re a native new yorker
you should know the score
you should know the score by now
you’re a native new yorker
oh oh oh
native native native native new yorker
you’re a native new yorker
whoa ohohoh
you’re a native new yorker
you should know the score
native native native native new yorker
you’re a native new yorker
what you waitin’ for
no one opens the door
you’re a native new yorker
Artist: Odyssey
Year: 1977
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 196