Talkin' New York Lyrics - Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

Rambling out of the wild west 

Leaving the towns I love the best 

Thought I'd seen some ups and down 

'Till I come into New York town 

People going down to the ground 

Building's going up to the sky 

Wintertime in New York town the wind blowing snow around 

Walk around with nowhere to go 

Somebody could freeze right to the bone 

I froze right to the bone, New York Times said 

"It was the coldest winter in seventeen years" 

I didn't feel so cold then 

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I swung on to my old guitar 

Grabbed hold of a subway car 

And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride 

I landed up on the downtown side 

Greenwich Village 

I walked down there and ended up 

In one of them coffee-houses on the block 

Got on the stage to sing and play 

Man there said, âE½Come back some other day 

You sound like a hillbilly 

We want folksingers hereâE 

Well, I got a harmonica job begun to play 

Blowing my lungs out for a dollar a day 

I blowed inside out and upside down 

The man there said, âE½He loved my soundâE 

He was raving about he loved my sound 

Dollar a day's worth 

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After weeks and weeks of hanging around 

I finally got a job in New York town 

In a bigger place, bigger money too 

Even joined the Union and paid my dues 

Now, a very great man once said 

âE½That some people rob you with a fountain penâE 

It don't take too long to find out 

Just what he was talking about 

A lot of people don't have much food on their table 

But they got a lot of forks and knives 

And they gotta cut something 

So one morning when the sun was warm 

I rambled out of New York town 

Pulled my cap down over my eyes 

And headed out for the western skies 

So long New York 

Howdy, East Orange