Put on my lipstick, I know it's gonna get me tips Step into the costume so I can give my patrons kicks Step outside for a cigarette and it's starting to snow Every time it gets cold I begin to think of you Hold on a minute they're calling me Sugar, sugar, sugar come here Dance a little close I can almost feel you Sugar, sugar come here, you're all i got to keep me....warm I'll admit it, it's cliché but I'm still writing you letters My room here is cosy and sparsely decorated with posters of Big Sur I've never been there, but I want you to take me Though i think that paradise is a place you visit and not a place you live That's why everything is better in Manhattan Oh people aren't hungry, they aren't starving in Manhattan And the buildings are tall and the sky is something you search for In Manhattan.. And in my spare time I'm making a garden on my fire escape I can't wait to watch my seedlings find the sun It won't be easy, 'cause nothing ever is That's why everything tastes so good So my love, I've got all my ropes and chains I'm gonna give them to you for your birthday You can do with them what you want, but I hope you're gonna tie me up You can do with them what you want, but I hope you're gonna tie me up, and sing Oh, Sugar, sugar, sugar come here Dance a little close I can almost feel you Sugar, sugar come here, you're all I got to keep me warm Sugar, Sugar come here, oh I can almost taste you I'm gonna put you out on the street and watch you grow In the concrete Oh my love this time you've gone too far How many times must I repeat myself? I love you, there I said it, and I meant it I love you, there I said it and I meant every word I love you, there I said it, no you take it Oh will you put it out on the street and watch it grow in the concrete Everything is better in Manhattan Oh Spoons aren't silver, they're gold in Manhattan And the Buildings are tall and the sky is something you reach for In Manhattan, oh In Manhattan, oh In Manhattan, In Manhattan