I discovered a big town   On the crest of a wave   Throwing money at strangers   Taking candy from babes      Shaking hands with the big top (?)   As the rain came down   I thought it would not stop   Sending letters to Paris   From the Empire State   Taking pictures from the top.      [chorus]:   There's a lot of things   For you to do...   There's a lot of dreams   That won't come true.      I grew up in a big town   The lessons were not hard to learn.   If you want them to love you,   Then you must not love them, in return.      Spent the night at a party   Where I drank so much   I fell under your spell...   Eight o'clock in the morning   And the daylight makes me   Look and feel like hell.               When you live in a big town   There are sights and sounds   That make you   Want to cry...