On Broadway Lyrics

Written by: Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil
#9 Mar '63 Hot 100
#7 Apr '63 R&B
They say the neon lights
Are bright on Broadway (on Broadway)
They say there's always
Magic in the air (on Broadway)

But when you're walking down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off
And you're nowhere (on Broadway)

They say the girls are
Something else on Broadway (on Broadway)
But looking at them
Just gives me the blues (on Broadway)

How're ya gonna make some time
When all you have is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even
Shine your shoes (on Broadway)
They say that I won't last
Too long on Broadway (on Broadway)
I'll catch a Greyhound bus
For home, they all say (on Broadway)

Ooh, they're dead wrong
I know they are
I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit til I'm a star
On Broadway (on Broadway)
Ooh, they're dead wrong
I know they are
I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit til I'm a star
On Broadway (on Broadway)

I'm gonna make it, yeah (on Broadway)
I'll be a big big big man (on Broadway)
I'll have my name in lights (on Broadway)
Everybody, everybody's, everybody's
Gonna know me, yeah (on Broadway)
All up and down Broadway (on Broadway)
All up and down Broadway (on Broadway)