List of Songs About New York City - L

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  • "La java de Broadway" by Michel Sardou
  • "Lady Cab Driver" by Prince
  • "Lady On 5th Avenue" by The Monroes
  • "La Maleta" by Rubén Blades & Willie Colón
  • "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
    • Note: The album of the same name is a concept album that takes place in New York City. The only individual songs listed on this list refer to specific geographic locations in New York City, i.e. references to Broadway and Times Square in the title song.
  • "Last Exit To Brooklyn" by Modern Talking
  • "Last Night" by Kid 'n Play
  • "Last Summer in New York" by The Saw Doctors
  • "La Vie Boheme" by Jonathan Larson, from the musical Rent
  • "Leaving New York" by R.E.M.
  • "Leaving New York" by Ross Crean
  • "L.E.S. Artistes" by Santigold
  • "L.E.S." by Childish Gambino
  • "A Letter to the New York Post" by Public Enemy
  • "Let Me Off Uptown" by Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge, 1941
  • "Let's Clean Up The Ghetto" by the Philadelphia All Stars, 1977
  • "Let's Fly Away" by Cole Porter (performed by Anson Weeks, Lee Wiley, Doris Day, Jeri Southern, Bobby Short, and others)
  • "Let's Go All The Way" by Sly Fox
  • "Let's Go Mets" by the New York Mets
  • "Let's Party Tonight" (by Johnes, Tom Remm, Bodybrain, Wonderbra) (performed by Jeanette Biedermann)
  • "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Ira Gershwin
  • "The Light Dies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
  • "The Lights Of New York City" by Warehouse Republic
  • "Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)" by The Clash
  • "Little Faith" by The National
  • "Little Kids" by Kings of Convenience
  • "A Little Somethin'" by LL Cool J
  • "Live From New York" by Raekwon
  • "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder
  • "Living in America" by Black 47
  • "Lonely in New York" by Sophie Milman
  • "Lost and Found" by The Kinks
  • "Lost In the Flood" by Bruce Springsteen
  • "Lost on Bleecker Street" by David Ippolito
  • "Lower East Side" by U.K. Subs
  • "Love Is My Decision" by Chris DeBurgh
  • "Love Song to New York City" by Chelsea Genzano
  • "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" by The Mountain Goats
  • "Lua" by Bright Eyes
  • "Ludlow Street" by Suzanne Vega
  • "Luna Park" by Pet Shop Boys
  • "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields
  • "Lullaby (2 West 46th Street)" by Moondog
  • "Lullaby of Birdland" by Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, etc.
  • "Lullaby of Broadway" from the musical 42nd Street
  • "Lullaby on New York" by Aztec Two-Step

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