I wish I could take you with me 

All the way to New York City 

And we can get an apartment there 

Be closer to our families 



We can take my station wagon 

Fill it to the brim 

Wave goodbye to all our lovely friends 

Never to return again 



You could write for picture shows 

And I could get a job 

Waiting tables at a restaurant 

Where famous people like to go 



We could buy old over coats 

And walk through the snow 

All the way around Central Park 

Our cheeks as pink as wild roses 



We could take the subway home 

And stare at our reflections 

In the window panes of the trains 

And see how much New York has changed us