[Intro]
I've been wandering the streets of the Theater District
Since I made my Broadway debut in 1971
At the Billy Rose Theatre, now the Nederlander
Back then, Times Square was dangerous and filthy
Peep shows, porn houses, prostitutes, junkies
I had to step over bodies to get to the stage door
It was fabulous
Now the Theater District is so clean
You could eat off these streets
Literally, there are café tables in thе middle of Broadway
But I still love it
And being hеre in the shadow of the old Studio 54
Makes me nostalgic for the seventies
I miss New York City bankrupt!
I miss the cab strike, the garbage strike
The subway strike, the blackout
But most of all, I miss the dollar-twenty-nine
Steak, baked potato, and garlic bread
You could get at Tad's Steak House