King Of New York lyrics

PLAY MENKEN ALAN King Of New York video Mush:
A pair of new shoes with matching laces

Racetrack:
A permanent box at Sheepshead Races

Spot Conlon:
A porcelain tub with boiling water

Kid Blink:
A Saturday night with the Mayor`s daughter!

Racetrack:
Look at me
I`m the King of New York!
Suddenly
I`m respectable
Staring right atcha
Lousy with stature

Jack:
Nobbin` with all the muckety-mucks
I`m blowing my dough and going deluxe

Racetrack:
And there I`ll be!
Ain`t I pretty?
(with Jack)
It`s my city
I`m the King of New York!

Boots:
A corduroy suit with fitted knickers

Les:
A mezzanine seat to see the flickers

Snipeshooter:
Havana cigars that cost a quarter

David:
An editor`s desk for our star reporter!

Newsies:
Tip your hat!
He`s the King of New York

Denton:
How about that?
I`m the King of New York

Newsies:
In nothing flat
He`ll be covering
Brooklyn to Trenton
Our man Denton

Kid Blink:
Making the headlines out of a hunch

Denton:
Protecting the weak

Racetrack:
And paying for lunch

Denton:
When I`m at bat
Strong men crumble

Racetrack:
Proud yet humble.
(with Denton) He`s (I`m) the King of New York

Newsies:
I gotta be either dead or dreaming
`Cuz look at that pape with my face beaming
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole minute!

Starting now
I`m the King (of New York!)

Denton:
Ain`t you heard?
I`m the King of New York!

Newsies:
Holy cow
It`s a miracle
Pulitzer`s crying
Weasel? He`s dying!
Flashpots are shooting bright as the sun
I`m one hifalutin` sonuva 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

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