New York, New York

New York, New York

Smoking marijuana, watching channel five

Got to get my strength up in this struggle to survive

Everyone's an asshole, everyone's a creep

When I look out my window, there's garbage in the street

I live in the city of free dirty air

I ride trains with b-boys, junkies, queens, and squares

Everybody's hungry, and I don't know what to do

I used to live on pizza, now I live on Chinese food

I can't stand my neighbors, they're screaming all the time

If I wasn't blasting "Sister Ray," I would lose my mind

I live in the city of free dirty air

I ride trains with b-boys, junkies, queens, and squares

See if someone's smiling, the fat man waits his turn

Soon he'll count his money as the chalk box slowly burns

Get out for the children, get your ass and run

Get out from this stinking mess, cheap suburban slum

I live in the city of free dirty air

I ride trains with b-boys, junkies, queens, and squares

New York, New York

New York, New York

New York, New York

New York, New York (Say it loud)

New York, New York (Say it proud)

New York, New York

New York, New York

Are you talking to me?