I wanna wake up in the city that doesn't sleep

Our flight from Portland to Chicago was delayed for 2 hours. As a compensation, on board I enjoyed the company of a 6-month-old princess. She didn't understand Russian, but was fluent in babbling in English and French. We chose English as our lingua franca and played happily all the way to Chicago.

The flight from Chicago to NYC was delayed for 2 hours. (Why am I not surprised?) We spent those exciting hours on the tarmac. They didn't feed us on board (they never do in America, just drinks and an occasional miniature pretzel), which buoyed up everyone's spirits. By the time we arrived at the hotel, I was starving. At 2 a.m. a group of hungry Russians stalked streets of New York for food. There were quite a few people on streets. New York didn't sleep. One guy walked along the street with a cat on his head. The cat obviously didn't mind.

I realized I was humming a tune of Frank Sinatra's song all night until I finally got to bed in the morning. Hum along with me!:

Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it - New York, New York
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it - New York, New York

I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill - top of the heap

These little town blues, are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it - in old New York
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York
And if I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you - New York, New York

New York, New York,
I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find I'm A number one, top of the list, king of the hill
A number one

These little town blues, are melting away
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York
And if I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you - New York, New York