A pair of new shoes
With matchin' laces
A permanent box at the Sheepshead races
A porcelain tub with boilin' water
A saturday night with the mayor's daughter
Look at me I'm the king of new york
suddenly i'm respectable
starin' right at ya
Lousy with stature
Nubbin' with all the muckity mucks
I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe
And there I be
Ain't i pretty
It's my city
I'm the king of new york
A courduroy with fitted knickers
A mezzanine seat to see the flickers
Havana cigars that cost a quarter
A editor's desk for the star reperoter
Tip your hat he's the king of new york
(How 'bout that I'm the king of new york)
In nothin' Flat
he'll be coverin'
Brooklyn to Trenton
Our man Denton
Makin' the headline out of a hunch
Protectin' the weak
And payin' for lunch
When i'm at bat
Strong men crumble
Proud yet humble
I'm (he's) the king of new york
Must be either dead or dreamin'
Just look at that pape
With my face beamin'
Tommorow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was star for one whole minute
Startin' now I'm the king of new york
(ain't you heard I'm the king of new york)
holy cow it's amiracle
Pulitzer's cryin'
weasels' he's dyin'
flashpot's are shootin' brightat the sun
I'm one hot falutin' sun-of-a-gun
Don't ask me how
Fortune found me
Fate just crowned me
I'm the king of new york
Look and see
Once a piker
Now a striker
i'm the king of new york
victory
front page story
guts and glory
I'm the king of new york
