Sweet love, like an angel Don't be so afraid You know my heart is true Sweet love, like an angel Don't be so uncertain I'll be faithful to you When the sun don't shine And the moon hides at night I'll be there to hold you Sweet love, like an angel Don't be so afraid You know my heart is true You are the one, you are the one Whom I don't wanna fool You bring the smile, you bring the joy Which I don't wanna lose Sweet love, like an angel Don't be so afraid You know my heart is true Sweet love, like an angel Don't be so uncertain I'll be faithful to you No matter what, no matter how I'll never break in two So be with me and forgive me If I'm not perfect for you If I'm not perfect for you If I'm not perfect for you If I'm not perfect for you

Listen, all you New Yorkers Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten From the Battery to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin Black, White, New York you make it happen Brownstones, water towers, trees, skyscrapers Writers, prizefighters and Wall Street traders We come together on the subway cars Diversity unified, whoever you are, uh We doin' fine on the one and nine line On the L, we're doin' swell On the number ten bus, we fight and fuss 'Cause we're thorough in the boroughs and that's a must I remember when the Deuce was all porno flicks Runnin' home after school to play PIXX At lunch, I'd go to Blimpies down on Montague Street And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet Dear, New York, I hope you're doin' well I know a lot's happened, and you've been through hell So, we give thanks for providin' a home Through your gates at Ellis Island, we passed in droves Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten From the Battery to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin Black, White, New York you make it happen The L.I.E., the BQE Hippies at the band shell with the LSD Get my BVD's from VIM You know I'm reppin' Manhattan the best I can Stopped off at Bleecker Bob's, got thrown out Sneakin' in at 4:00 a.m. after goin' out You didn't rob me in the park at Diana Ross But everybody started lootin' when the light went off From the South-South Bronx, on out to Queens bridge From Hollis, Queens right down to Bay Ridge From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side From 1010 WINS to Live At Five Dear, New York, this is a love letter To you and how you brought us together We can't say enough about all you do 'Cause in the city we're ourselves and electric, too Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten From the Battery to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin Black, White, New York you make it happen Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met Before they moved on down to the Upper West I see you're still strong after all that's gone on Life long we dedicate this song Just a little somethin' to show some respect To the city that blends and mends and tests, uh Since 9/11, we're still livin' And lovin', life we've been given Ain't nothin' gonna take that away from us We lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust Dear, New York, I know a lot has changed Two towers down, but you're still in the game Home to the many, rejectin' no one Acceptin' peoples of all places, wherever they're from Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten From the Battery to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin Black, White, New York you make it happen Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten From the Battery to the top of Manhattan Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin Black, White, New York we make it happen N-N-N-New York New York, New York (City, City) New-New York, New-New-New- New-York City Y-Y, Y-Y, Y-York, Y-York Y-Y, Y-York, Y-York (New-New York, New-) (New-New York, New-) New York City

I told her when it comes to talking, I'm the sweetest sweet-talker in the world, She said you better start talking if you want me to be your girl. And she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." She said, "Go, Jimmy, go." Well, I talked her off the floor when she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." I told when it comes to dancing, I'm the best young dancer in the land, Well, she looked at me with a twinkle in her eyes And then she took my hand. And she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." She said, "Go, Jimmy, go." Well, I talked her off the floor when she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." And she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." She said, "Go, Jimmy, go." Well, I talked her off the floor when she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." I told her when it comes to kissing, I ain't nothing but a kissing fool, She started to giggle when I told her that I'd teach her Things she'd never learn in school, And she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." She said, "Go, Jimmy, go." Well, I talked her off the floor when she said, "Go, Jimmy, go." "Go, Jimmy, go." "Go, Jimmy, go."

Just a dream, just a dream All our plans and our all schemes How could I think you'd be mine The lies I'd tell myself each time I know that we could never last We just can't seem to in the past Just a dream I dream in vain With you I'd only live in pain Your picture is always with me I can still hear that same mournful song And now I sit here crying Please leave me alone Why, why do I love you How can I live in misery I know that I won't forget you But now I know it's too late for me

The nights have been so lonely since you went away I could not get to sleep try as I may But now you're back, and you're here to stay... CHORUS Still it looks like another sleepless night Oh but darlin', that's alright Just as long as you are holdin' me tight Makin' love 'till the early morning light Only whets our appetite This will be another sleepless night Hold me, while the moon shines in through the window Let your love flow Hold me, we can orchestrate love's scenario with the radio Still it looks like another sleepless night Oh but darlin', that's alright Just as long as you are holdin' me tight LEAD BREAK Hold me, while the moon shines... etc

Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine I've been awake for days, so we out livin' life in the night Pray to God, man, I hope I don't die I've been awake for days, so we out livin' life in the night Pray to God, man, I hope I don't die in the night Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine Two bedrooms, seven little childs, it can't be right Call my brother, he in prison doin' time, but we alright Tried my best just to catch a fuckin' smile But for now I see myself ain't hittin' the 35 I've been awake for days, so we out livin' life in the night Pray to God, man, I hope I don't die I've been awake for days, so we out livin' life in the night Pray to God, man, I hope I don't die in the night Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine Lord knows, and I think I know it too sometimes Every time and they're reachin' out for what's mine

Lay by my side Once again 'til the night is over Just hold me tight 'til the end When we're back to sober Don't you pretend I won't let you run away, come closer Lay by my side We'll be lovers 'til the night is over La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la We'll be lovers 'til the night is over Lay by my side Once again 'til the night is over Just hold me tight 'til the end When we're back to sober Don't you pretend I won't let you run away, come closer Lay by my side We'll be lovers 'til the night is over (We'll be lovers 'til the night is over) La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la La, la la la, la la la, la la la la la la We'll be lovers 'til the night is over Ohh We'll be lovers 'til the night is over