I'm going to New York City, I never really been there
I'm going to New York City, I never really been there
Said he'd come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain
Going to New York City
Going to New York City
It's just too big a town
He was cold and wet and hungry, never did complain
I slipped the kid a twenty, said "Billy, give 'em hell"
I'm going to New York City, I never really been there
He had a hundred stories 'bout the places that he'd been
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town
I was standing like a pilgrim on the great white way
He was staring in my headlights when I come around the bend
The girls were really pretty but they wouldn't talk to me
I held out about a week went back to Tennessee
Just like the way it sounds, I heard the girls are pretty
I'm going to New York City, I never really been there
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town
I knew I was just jealous if I didn't wish him well
There must be something happening there
Climbed up on my shotgun side told me with a grin
Just like the way it sounds, I heard the girls are pretty
See I've been to New York City, seems like it was yesterday
Just like the way it sounds, I heard the girls are pretty
He'd hang around a little while and hit the road again
There must be something happening there
Grabbed his battered suitcase, shouldered his guitar
It's just too big a town
Just like the way it sounds, I heard the girls are pretty
So, I thought I'd better warn him and I climbed out of my car
