A Map Of New York

[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