Autumn In New York

Autumn In New York
music and lyric by Vernon Duke

It's time to end my lonely heartache and bid the country a hasty farewell,
So on this gray and melancholy day I'll move to a Manhattan hotel.
I'll dispense with my rose colored chattels
And prepare for my share of adventures and battles
Here on the twenty-seventh floor looking down on the city I hate and adore...

Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
Autumn in New York, it brings a thrill of first-nighting.
Where glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel
Are making me feel I'm home.

It's autumn in New York, it brings a promise of new love.
Autumn in New York is often mingled with pain.
Dreamers with empty hands may sigh for exotic lands;
It's autumn in New York, it's great to live it again.

Where jaded roues and gay divorcees who lunch at the Ritz will tell you that it's divine...

It's autumn in New York transforms a slum into Mayfair,
Autumn in New York, you'll need no castle in Spain.
Lovers who bless the dark from benches in Central Park greet autumn in New York,
It's great to live it again...