N. Y. C. Lyrics - Steve Earle

He was standing on the highway 

Somewhere way out in the sticks 

Guitar across his shoulder 

Like a 30 ought six 

He was staring in my headlights 

When I come around the bend 

Climbed up on my shotgun side 

And told me with a grin 

I'm going to New York City 

I never really been there 

Just like the way it sounds 

I heard the girls are pretty 

There must be something happening there 

It's just too big a town 

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He was cold and wet and hungry 

Never did complain 

Said he'd come a thousand miles 

Through sleet and snow and rain 

He had a hundred stories 

About the places that he'd been 

He'd hang around a little while 

And hit the road again 

He's going to New York City 

I never really been there 

Just like the way it sounds 

He heard the girls are pretty 

There must be something happening there 

It's just too big a town 

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See I've been to New York City 

Seems like it was yesterday 

I was standing like a pilgrim 

On the Great White Way 

The girls were really pretty 

But they wouldn't talk to me 

I held out about a week 

Went back to Tennessee 

So, I thought I'd better warn him 

When he climbed out of my car 

Grabbed his battered suitcase 

Shouldered his guitar 

I knew I was just jealous 

If I didn't wish him well 

I slipped the kid a twenty 

Said 'Billy give 'em hell' 

He's going to New York City 

I never really been there 

Just like the way it sounds 

He heard the girls are pretty 

There must be something happening there 

It's just too big a town 

He's going to New York City 

I never really been there 

Just like the way it sounds 

He heard the girls are pretty 

There must be something happening there 

It's just too big a town 

Goin', goin', goin' to New York City 

Going to New York City 

Going to New York City