Native Son

native new yorker - various artists

runnin' pretty new york city girl

twenty-five thirty-five

hello baby new york city girl

you grew up riding the subways running with people

up in harlem down on broadway

you're no tramp but you're no lady talkin' that street talk

you're the heart and soul of new york city

and love love is just a passing word

it's the thought you had in a taxi cab

that got left on the curb

when he dropped you off at east 83rd

oh oh oh

(oh oh oh)

you're a native new yorker

you should know the score by now

(you should know by now)

you're a native new yorker

new york girl ooh ooh ooh

music plays everyone's dancing closer and closer

making friends and finding lovers

there you are lost in the shadows searching for someone

(searchin' for someone)

to set you free from new york city

and whoa where did all those yesterdays go

when you still believed

love could really be like a broadway show

you are the star, win the applause

oh oh oh

(oh oh oh)

you're a native new yorker

no one opens the door

for a native new yorker

(runnin' pretty new york city girl)

ooh ooh ooh

native native native new yorker

where did all those yesterdays go

when you still believed

love could really be like a broadway show

you are the star

you're a native new yorker

you should know the score by now

you're a native new yorker

you should know the score

you should know the score by now

you're a native new yorker oh oh oh

(native, native native new yorker)

you're a native new yorker

whoa oh ho ho you're a native new yorker

you should know the score

(native native native new yorker)

you're a native new yorker

what you waiting for no one opens the door

(you're a native new yorker)

for a native for a native new yorker