Frank Sinatra performing New York, New York - gap fill & questions

 

Watch the video of Frank Sinatra performing 'New York, New York,' on the 1981 television special, 'Sinatra: The Man and His Music,' and fill in the gaps below. After that, answer the questions below the gap-fill.

Vinnie Falcone takes the baton now to conduct one of the most ____________ pieces of music of all my ________. This Don Costa arrangement of the Fred Ebb, John Kander love song to the city that never sleeps and the ______ team that lost.

Start spreading the news
I'm __________ today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
They are longing to stray
Right __________ the very heart of it
New York, New York

I want to wake up in a city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
______ of the heap

My small ______ blues
They are melting away
I will make a brand new start of it
In old New York

If I can make it there
_____ make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

In New York, New York

I want to wake up in a city
That doesn't sleep
And ________ that I'm number one

Top of the list
Head of the heap
King of the hill

These little ______ blues
They're all melting away
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it
Back in old New York

And if I can make it there
I know, ______ make it just about anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

New York

Now, answer these questions:

What does the line 'start spreading the news' mean?

What does the line 'these vagabond shoes' mean?

What does the line 'longing to stray' mean?

What do the lines 'little town blues' and 'small town blues' mean?

What does the line 'melting away' mean?

What does the line 'if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere' mean?

What does the line 'it's up to you' mean?

What is the story the song is telling? 

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