They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air But when you're walkin' down that street And you ain't had enough to eat The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere They say the girls are something else on Broadway But lookin' at them just gives me the blues 'Cause how ya gonna make some time When all you got is one thin dime? And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes They say that I won't last too long on Broadway I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are 'Cause I can play this here guitar And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air But they're all wrong, I know they are 'Cause I can play this here guitar And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway Look at the neon lights Look at the neon lights Look at the neon lights (Look at the neon lights) Up and down Broadway (Look at the neon lights) Look at the neon lights So bright, so bright Look at the neon lights Up and down Broadway Look at the neon lights Gonna be a star Look at the neon