LONELY TOWN

from "On The Town" 
1944 musical 
New York

Leonard Bernstein (m) Betty Comden (l) Adolph Green (l)  
1944

as recorded by Frank Sinatra 
with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra 
April 29th 1957 
Los Angeles


New York New York, or a village in Iowa,
The only difference is the name!
If you're alone, whether on Main Street or Broadway,
If you're alone they are both the same!

A town's a lonely town when you pass through,
And there is no-one waiting there for you.
Then it's a lonely town;
You wander up and down,
The crowds rush by,
A million faces pass before your eyes,
Still it's a lonely town!

Unless there's love,
A love that's shining
Like a harbour light,
You're lost in the night.
Unless there's love,
The world's an empty place,
And every town's a lonely town!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2012)