New York City

Album: Factory Showroom (1996)
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  • You called me last night on the telephone
    And I was glad to hear from you 'cause I was all alone
    You said, "It's snowing, it's snowing! God, I hate this weather."
    Now I walk through blizzards just to get us back together

    We met in the springtime at a rock-and-roll show
    It was on the Bowery when it was time to go
    We kissed on the subway in the middle of the night
    I held your hand, you held mine, it was the best night of my life.

    'Cause everyone's your friend in New York City
    And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
    The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
    But the best thing about New York City is you and me

    Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Co-op City, Katz's and Tiffany's
    Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, The Empire State where Dylan lived
    Coney Island and Times Square, Rockefeller Center
    Wish I was there

    You wrote me a letter just the other day
    Said, "Springtime is coming soon so why don't you come to stay."
    I packed my stuff, got on the bus, I can't believe it's true
    I'm three days from New York City and I'm three days from you

    'Cause everyone's my friend in New York City
    And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
    The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
    But the best thing about New York City is you and me

    'Cause everyone's my friend in New York City
    And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
    The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
    But the best thing about New York City is you and me. Writer/s: MURRAY JONATHAN GOLD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Trey from Kalamazoo, MtI like this song.
  • Kelly from Wilmington, DeThe song is about a boy and a girl and love and stuff in NYC. It goes "We met in the springtime at a rock and roll show/ it was on the Bowery when it was time to go" "The Bowery" is a refrence to the location of famed NYC punk club CBGB & OMFUG at 315 Bowery.
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