Autumn In New York Lyrics

Autumn In New York (LP Version) - Bobby Short

It's time to end my lonely holiday

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 at the city I hate and adore

Autumn in New York

Why does it seem so inviting?

Autumn in New York

It brings the 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 hand

May sigh for exotic land

It's autumn in New York

It's great to live again

Where Jaded Rogues

And Gay Divorces

Who lunch at the Ritz

Will tell you that it's divine

It's autumn in New York

Transforms the slums 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