New York Is a Woman - Suzanne Vega

New York City spread herself before you

With her bangles and her spangles and her stars

You were impressed with the city so undressed

You had to go out cruising all the bars

Your business trip extended through the weekend

Suburban boy here for your first time

From the 27th floor above the Midtown roar

You were dazzled by her beauty and her crime

And she's every girl you've seen in every movie

Every dame you've ever known on late night TV

In her steam and steel is the passion you feel

Endlessly

New York is a woman, she'll make you cry

But to her you're just another guy

Look down and see her ruined places

Smoke and ash still rising to the sky

She's happy that you're here but when you disappear

She won't know that you're gone to say goodbye

And she's every girl you've seen in every movie

Every dame you've ever known on late night TV

In her steam and steel is the passion you feel

Desperately

New York is a woman, she'll make you cry

But to her you're just another guy