Correction Lyrics King of New York by Newsies Ensemble (Film)

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A pair o' new shoes with matchin' laces

A permanent box at Sheepshead Races

A porcelain tub with boilin' water

A Saturday night with the Mayor's daughter!

Look at me
I'm the King of New York!
Suddenly, I'm respectable
Staring right at'cha
Lousy with stature

Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks
I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe!

And there I be!
Ain't I pretty?
It's my city
I'm the King of New York!

A corduroy suit with fitted knickers

A mezzanine seat to see the flickers

Havana cigars that cost a quarter

An editor's desk for the star reporter!

Tip your hat
He's the King of New York!

How 'bout that?
I'm the King of New York!

In nothing flat
He'll be coverin'
Brooklyn to Trenton
Our man Denton
Makin' a headline out of a hunch

Protectin' the weak

And payin' for lunch

When I'm at bat
Strong men crumble

Proud yet humble

I'm (he's) the King of New York

I gotta be either dead or dreamin'
'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin'
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!
Ain't you heard?
I'm the King of New York!

Holy cow!
It's a miracle
Pulitzer's cryin'
Weasel? He's dying!

Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun
I'm one highfalutin' sonuva gun!
Don't ask me how
Fortune found me, fate just crowned me
Now I'm 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!

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