King Of New York - Newsies

A pair of new shoes 
With matchin' laces
A permanent box at the 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
starin' right at ya
Lousy with stature

Nubbin' with all the muckity 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 courduroy with fitted knickers
A mezzanine seat to see the flickers
Havana cigars that cost a quarter 
A editor's desk for the star reperoter

Tip your hat he's the king of new york
(How 'bout that I'm the king of new york)

In nothin' Flat 
he'll be coverin' 
Brooklyn to Trenton 
Our man Denton

Makin' the 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

Must be either dead or dreamin'
Just look at that pape 
With my face beamin'
Tommorow they may wrap fishes in it 
But I was star for one whole minute


Startin' now I'm the king of new york
(ain't you heard I'm the king of new york)

holy cow it's amiracle
Pulitzer's cryin'
weasels' he's dyin'
flashpot's are shootin' brightat the sun
I'm one hot falutin' sun-of-a-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