All the world's great lovers have been glorified History placed them in a romantic set In between book covers they are side by side But the real thing
Have you seen the well to do Upon Lennon Avenue on that famous thoroughfare With their noses in the air? High hats and narrow collars White spats and
The moon and you appear to be So near and yet so far from me And here am I on a night in june Reaching for the moon and you, I wonder if we'll ever meet
Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan Manhattan madness You've got me at last I'm like a fly upon a steeple Watching seven million people Do a rhythm
Where the dreamy volga flows There's a lonely russian rose Gazing tenderly Down upon her knee Where a baby's brown eyes glisten Listen Ev'ry night you
[Verse:] Why worry when skies are gray Why should we complain Let's laugh at the cloudy day Let's sing in the rain Songwriters say the storm quickly
Say it isn't so, Say it isn't so, Everyone is saying You don't love me, Say it isn't so. Everywhere I go, Everyone I know, Whispers that you're growing
Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters, Never had to have a chaperone, no sir, I'm there to keep my eye on her Caring, sharing Every little
Here he comes lookin' for his baby It's for sure, sure and not for maybe Don't ask when will the lucky day be Here he comes and let him tell you himself
Let's go slumming, take me slumming Let's go slumming on Park Avenue Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses And make faces when a member of the classes
The girl that I marry will have to be As soft and as pink as a nursery The girl I call my own Will wear satins and laces and smell of cologne Her nails
Supper time I should set the table 'cause it's supper time Somehow I'm not able 'cause that man o'mine Ain't comin' home no more Supper time Kids will
There's no business like show business Like no business I know Everything about it is appealing Everything that traffic will allow Nowhere could you
[Verse:] I can't resist the moan of a cello I can't resist the light of the moon So place me in a light that is mellow And let me hear a beautiful tune
This year's crop of kisses Don't seem as sweet to me This year's crop just misses What kisses used to be This year's new romance Doesn't seem to have
They say that falling in love is wonderful It's wonderful, so they say And with a moon up above, it's wonderful It's wonderful, so they tell me I can
[Verse:] It's smart to be thrifty when times are so bad Let's be patriotic, but let's not go mad We must cheer the colors we prize So here's what I strongly
Gone is the romance that was so divine Tis broken and cannot be mended You must go your way and I must go mine But now that our love dreams have ended