New York

When I was just a young man Stilled inside my teens Stepped into your city streets Stepped into a dream America Where all my heroes lay The land of Miles and Elvis Jerry Lee and Ray And I came to love you New York Your energy your honesty City of a million dreams You gave one up to me New York I walked into the Brooklyn Fox That snowy Christmas Day And Patty and the Blue Bells Simply stole my heart away She took me to Aretha Franklin Showed me so much soul And helped us join the party With our English Rock and Roll And I came to love you New York Your energy your honesty every time City of a million dreams You gave one up to me New York Now I played so many times Since nineteen sixty four In cities all across the land From shore to distant shore And I loved the way the people Always opened up their hearts But I never will forget the things The magic world I still embrace The place I never could replace That gave us such a start And I've come to love you New York Your energy your honesty every time City of a million dreams You gave one up to me New York