Kirsty Maccoll - Manhattan Moon lyrics

The ship was heaving with a ma** of humankind My heart was grieving for the the land that lay behind The cruel ocean echoed all those sad goodbyes That at my leaving almost made me change my mind The night was darker than my scared and lonely eyes And then that old Manhattan moon began to rise And there stood Liberty in silhouetted skies And from that moment on I knew that I'd embrace Each opportunity to be a part of this place Five points and then Hell's Kitchen All stops in between Somewhere to find an itchin' for this keen Colleen Didn't stop me yearning now and then for my old world Dreamed I might return just once again to that old world But in my heart a piano roll played ragtime like it stirred my soul The moment that it greeted me and skilfully entreated me To make my new home beneath that old Manhattan moon I love that old Manhattan moon I swore allegiance at each rising of the moon And learned by heart each swinging Yankee Doodle tune And from the moment it first caught me in its beam I knew that moon would guide my old American dream Five points to Fifth Avenue Central All stops in between No time to get too sentimental for any shade of green That don't stop me yearning now and then for that funny old world Could be I'll return just once again to that funny old world But in my heart a piano roll plays ragtime like it stirred my soul The moment that it greeted me and skilfully entreated me To make my new home beneath that old Manhattan moon I love my old Manhattan moon