Bobby Darin

On Broadway

Written by: Leiber/Stoller/Mann/Weil
Produced by: Nik Venet
Arranged by: Burt Keys
Orchestra conducted by: Walter Raim
Appears on: 18 Yellow Roses & 11 Other Hits LP
Recorded: The grueling, nonstop session lasted from 2 pm -10 am
Released: July 1963
“What CD is this Darin song on?”

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 ... huh ...
      The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere.

      They say the girls are something else on Broadway

      Ohh ... but lookin' at them just gives me the blues
      I ask ya ... how you gonna make some time
      When all you've got is one thin dime
      And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes?

      Ain't that a fact ...

      They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
      I'm gonna catch me a Greyhound bus for home ... they  say
      Whoa … but they're 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 that I won't last too long on Broadway

They got-a-nother guess coming ...

Or catch a Greyhound bus for home ... they say

Oohhh ... they dead wrong ... I know they are

'cause I can play this here guitar

And I ain't never gonna quit til I'm a star ... on Broadway.

I'll make them eat their words ...

They'll eat their words ...

Whoa ... they're gonna eat their words ...

If I hang around long enough .....

Lyrics provided by Darlene Federowicz