A Map of New York

Lyrics

[STEPHEN] Think of each plaza, pier, and public park How many sit there empty, lonely, dark Think of it, for tomorrow's sake Think of how you and I can make our mark You and I We can draw a brand-new grid Everything that you dreamed of as a kid Give it a year, and go with me Soon enough, you'll say "Look what we two did" You've always had the right dream We've always made a tight team Now at last you're back Exactly where you ought to be So let's make a map of New York you and me [NEW YORKER] Twenty-two Reade, a building, sidewalk, shade [ANOTHER NEW YORKER] Now a memory that for Beth will never fade [BETH] And I could be planning city sites Where memories just like this one might be made [WRITER] Thirty-three Bond Where I wrote my first book [CHEF] Greenwich and Moore Where I learend how to cook [YOUNG WOMAN] The Center Street courts I intern there [BETH] The joy of this job is everywhere I look [MESSENGER] That market was my first job [ELENA] That diner was my worst job [THOSE SIX] And everywhere around me are these lives I left behind [FOREMAN] The tunnel where I laid rail [REALTOR] The co-op where I made my first sale [ALL EIGHT] They make a map of New York in my mind [ANNE] Put a sticker on the map where you landed that first day [KATE] Put a pin on the bridge [LUCAS] On the train [ANNE] On J.F.K [BETH] On the street where I swore I'd afford a place some day [KATE, ANNE, LUCAS & NEW YORKERS] Ev'ry avenue and place Ev'ry building, ev'ry face Of the lovers and the friends The beginnings and the ends Make a map of NYC Where I've been and who I'll be And you'll find me [LIZ] And you're feeling adrift, alone, apart Then suddenly life will somehow start And a map of New York is written on your heart [NEW YORKERS] On your heart On your heart [BETH] I'm too old for all that shit To be told I'm selling out Then again, all these years Did I lose what I'm about? On the street, in the cold It's so hard to fight the doubt [BETH & NEW YORKERS] Then you hear the tunnel hum With a rain about to come And you surface to the street And you fall into the beat You can trace a line to me On that map of NYC Right where I should be [STEPHEN] Think of how human life will ebb and flow [STEPHEN & BETH] People, and how they'll come and how they'll go Remember the things we hoped and planned [STEPHEN] Remember them, and believe them, and you'll know [BETH & STEPHEN] We'll know [BETH, STEPHEN & NEW YORKERS] We never walk a straight line We never check a street sign [BETH & STEPHEN] But it's in the detour that we truly find our way [STEPHEN & NEW YORKERS] We always know the way home [BETH & NEW YORKERS] As long as we can stay here we're home [BETH] And we make a map of work [NEW YORKERS] Love and loss and life [STEPHEN] And we make a map of play [NEW YORKERS] We find our way [STEPHEN & NEW YORKERS] And we make a map of New York ev'ry day [NEW YORKER] Ending the night at 23rd and Third [ANOTHER NEW YORKER] Liz and her date Who's hanging on every word