I remember it like it was yesterday
Snow in the park and skaters on the ice
Long black cars standing side-by-side
Loading up the boys at night

Turned up our collars to the chill of the wind
Caught an innocent smile from a taxi at the lights
Not something you´d see on a New York street
It´s such an uncommon sight

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But I wouldn´t have it any other way
This city´s got a thing about it, don´t try to understand it
New York City I´d really like to stay
New York City I wouldn´t have you
I wouldn´t have you any other way

Oh the subway rumbled underneath
Italian lights where Joey Gallo died
And the man on the door down at 54´s
Letting only the pretty inside

I´d wake with a stranger under the covers
Late in the day and longing for the night
Just like the snowfall there´s so many bodies
But somehow it feels so right

[repeat chorus]