New York, NY is back. NYC is so nice they named it twice. From Brooklyn to The Bronx and from Queens, Staten Island to Manhattan.
New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice)" is a song performed and composed by singer-songwriter Gerard Kenny in 1978. The song is an ode to his hometown and state New York, New York. ... The line "So Good They Named It Twice" is a play on the fact the name of the city and state are both "New York
I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue
When a young girl came up to me and said, "Brother, you got something I can chew?"
Well, I kept walking along trying to make up a song about what to do,
Telling how the city lights and the Broadway nights are like a dream come true
Good old...
New York, New York, so good they named it twice,
New York, New York, all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity ...
What they say about New York City
It was a really nice night for a good street fight or a robbery
But I always knew in my home town that would never happen to me
I kept walking around trying to make up a sound 'bout what it's like
To be
In the city of light on a ragtime night, it's something more than
Free
In good old...
New York, New York, so good they named it twice,
New York, New York, all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity ...
What they say about New York City
Every time I have to leave and travel far away
I am never ever happy 'til I'm home to stay,
Home to stay in New York
New York, New York, so good they named it twice,
New York, New York, all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity...
What they say about New York City
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Gerard W. Kenny
New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice) lyrics © Emi Unart Catalog Inc., Arlon Music Ltd, Keystone Movietunes