New York City, Baby

Intro

Oh-oh, uh-huh, New York City, baby (yeah)

Ha-hey, ha-hey

Verse

Corner deli coffee steaming in my hands

Subway sighs beneath the passing tracks (skrrt)

Yellow cab heartbeat—taxi tango, slam the plan

You laugh, I lose my map, I find you back

Fire escape stares, we climb like it's a dare

Rooftop radio playing our favorite song

You say the skyline knows the way we care

I say the skyline's right when we sing along (oh)

Pre-chorus

Neon-free neon-free—wait, don't say neon

Just the way you say my name in the rain (say it)

Fast and soft, like a secret that I borrow

Pull me closer, pull me close again (pull me)

Chorus

New York City, baby, New York City, baby

New York City, baby, New York City, baby (oh-oh)

We run these avenues (run, run), we steal the midnight map

New York City, baby, you got me like that (uh-huh)

Verse

Late train, paper bag, your hand warm in my coat

Graffiti smiles on the underpass we know

Lemon peel sun in a window of a bodega boat

We trade our plans for the next stop show

Skyscraper shadows paint our small parade

We dance on crosswalk lines, stop, go, rewind

You whisper, not the quiet kind, a louder serenade

I answer with a grin and a promise in my mind (yeah)

Bridge

Oh—(oh), oh—(oh), ah-ah-ah

This town makes saints of gamblers, lovers, fools

We keep our tickets, keep our promises, keep our rules

(Hey) New York City, baby, shout it out until it's true

New York City, baby, I'm coming home with you

Chorus

New York City, baby, New York City, baby

New York City, baby, New York City, baby (hey, hey)

We run these avenues (run, run), we steal the midnight map

New York City, baby, you got me like that (you got me)