I discovered a big town   On the crest of a wave   Throwing money at strangers   Taking candy from babes      Shaking hands in a big top   As the rain came down   I though it would not stop      Sending letters to Paris   From the Empire state   Taking pictures from the top      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      There's a lot of things   For you to do   There's a lot of dreams   That won't come true      There's a lot of things   For you to do   There's a lot of dreams   That won't come true      When you live in a big town   There are sights and sounds   That make you wanna cry      When you live in a big town   There are sights and sounds   That make you wanna cry      When you live in a big town   There are sights and sounds   That make you wanna cry      When you live in a big town   There are sights and sounds   Make you wanna cry