King Of New York Lyrics - Singles - Newsies

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? 

RACETRACK & 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. 

RACETRACK & 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