Brian Yorkey - A Map of New York lyrics

[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 sh** 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