[Verse 1:]
Broadway lights and taxi cabs
Everybody's moving fast
Uptown, down town, what's ya thing?
She can take what she can bring
She gave me a lot
Came up through the inner city
She raised me up
And taught me to fight, yeah
She opened my mind
I got to the nitty gritty
The greatest town that you'll ever find

[Hook:]
She is my heart
I love New York city
She's lived and dies, so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, oh Lord
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah

[Verse 2:]
She's a queen that stands her ground
Nobody can take her down
Good times, bad times, she can swang
And it ain't even a thang
She is a rock
As we pull but she is steady
And no one can take her freedom away, yeah
(Can't take her freedom)
I love her style
Whether she is clean or dirty
She's the greatest town that you'll ever find

[Hook:]
She is my heart
I love New York city
She's lived and dies, so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, oh Lord
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah

[Verse 3:]
You know she's my heart
I really love New York City
She's lived and died, so many times
You know life can be real tough
On my New York city
But she's fine, she always survives

[Hook:]
She is my heart
I love New York city
She's lived and dies, so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, oh Lord
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah

[Outro:]
Let's hear it for New York City
Oh, New York city
New York city
(New York, New York)
New York city
(New York, New York)
Let's hear it for New York City