Native New Yorker

Album

Odyssey

Label

RCA Records

Genre

Disco

Composer(s)

Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer

Entered Chart

Nov 12, 1977

Peak Date

Feb 18, 1978

Released

November 1977

Recorded

1977 House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey

Catalog #

RCA 11129

B-Side

Ever Lovin' Sam

Runnin' pretty, New York City girl (twenty-five, thirty-five) 
Hello, baby, New York City girl 

You grew up ridin' 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 and he stated firm 

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, ooh, ooh, ooh) 

Music plays, everyone's dancin' closer and closer 
Makin' friends and findin' lovers 
There you are lost in the shadows, searchin' 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) 

Where did all those yesterdays go 
When you still believed love could really be like a Broadway show 
You're 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, native New Yorker) 
You're a native New Yorker 

You're a native New Yorker 
You should know the score (native, native, native, native New Yorker) 
You're a native New Yorker 

What you waitin' for, no one opens the door (you're a native New Yorker) 
For a native, for a native New Yorker