Kirsty MacColl - Manhattan Moon lyrics

The ship was heaving with a mass 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 it's 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