New York City Blues

(album: Our Shining Hour - 1965)

Once I said goodbye
To New York City
Sweet city
I said goodbye
But I got to get back to you
If I have to walk
Or crawl or fly
I can't say goodbye to New York City
Sweet city
Something's got to give
You know they tell you it's a great place to visit
But my heart tells me it's a better place to live

And if I come by plane I can see those buildings high
And if I come by boat I can really heave aside
And if I come by train I can watch those streets go by
And if I land in the airport come in the skyway
Catch a cab that's going my way
Love the busy home yes this is my day
New York is my town
Yes, New York, New York is my town

And I'll go uptown, downtown
In this big happy sad town
They love go uptown, downtown
In this big happy sad town
East side, west side
East side, west side
All around the town

I love the people, yes the people
And all they make that big town swing
In the autumn, in the winter
In the summer, in the spring
Yes, the people are everything

Yes, I'll go uptown, downtown
I'll go uptown, downtown
There's the east side, and don't forget the west side
New York is my city!

New York!