Lyrics
ZeveN - Native New Yorker (Odyssey Cover)
Music & Vocal arrangement: Clive G Beresford for Spyda Music Productions
Copyright 2024 Spyda Music Productions. All rights reserved
Original Copyright: RCA Records
Original Lyrics: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
Original Producer/s: Charlie Calello & Sandy Linzer.
Original Publisher/s: Featherbed Music Co. / Desiderata Music Co. / Unichappell Music Co.
[Intro]
New York girl, Woah, ooh, ooh.
Runnin' pretty, New York City girl,
25, 35, hello, baby,
A New York City girl!
[Verse 1]
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-Chorus]
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 83rd.
[Chorus]
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).
[Verse 2]
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-Chorus 2]
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?
[Chorus 2]
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]
Woah, Oh, ooh, ooh Yeah!
Native, native, native,
Native New Yorker!
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,
Oh, You should know the score by now.
You're a native New Yorker,
Yeah, girl, you should know the score.
Should really know the score by now,
You're a native New Yorker!
Yeah! Woah, oh, oh!
Babe, you’re a native, native, native,
You're a native, New Yorker!
Whoa, oh-oh-oh,
Darlin’ you're a native New Yorker!
You really know the score!
(Native, native, native New Yorker)
Yeah! You're a native New Yorker!
[Outro]
What you waitin' for?
No one opens the door!
Baby girl, you're a native New Yorker!
