Come and meet those dancing feet
On the avenue I'm taking you to - Forty-second Street
Hear the beat of dancing feet
It's the song I love the melody of - Forty-second Street

Little nifties from the fifties, innocent and sweet
Sexy ladies from the eighties, who are indiscreet

They're side by side, they're glorified
Where the underworld can meet the elite - Forty-second Street

- Naughty, bawdy, gaudy, sporty, Forty-second Street