I remember it like it was yesterday 

Snow in the park and skaters on the ice 

Long black cars standing side-by-side 

Loading up the boys at night 



Turned up our collars to the chill of the wind 

Caught an innocent smile from a taxi at the lights 

Not something you'd see on a New York street 

It's such an uncommon sight 



(Chorus:) 

But I wouldn't have it any other way 

This city's got a thing about it, don't try to understand it 

New York City I'd really like to stay 

New York City I wouldn't have you 

I wouldn't have you any other way 



Oh the subway rumbled underneath 

Italian lights where Joey Gallo died 

And the man on the door down at 54's 

Letting only the pretty inside 



I'd wake with a stranger under the covers 

Late in the day and longing for the night 

Just like the snowfall there's so many bodies 

But somehow it feels so right 



(Repeat Chorus)