You don't fight fire with fire
You don't [bad word] with me
The whole estate of the empire
Is where I wanna be, yeah.

It's a puzzle I have been solving
With these feelings trapped here inside.
You don't need money to make me
Fall in the New York vibe, New York vibe.

Someday you might be dreaming
And I will need to reappear,
Like a wolf that came to your window
That left with a flea in its ear, yeah.

Doing the New York vibe
Doing the New York vibe.

It's a nightmare waiting to happen,
Some say its all in my mind.
You don't need manners to make me
Stick with the New York vibe, yeah, New York vibe.

I've been walking down the avenues
Searching for your face in the crowd.
Through the subways and restaurants 
I'll be looking but the heat knocks me down, yeah.
Caught up in the New York vibe
Caught up in the New York vibe, my baby, baby.

Oh, doing the New York Vibe, yeah.
Oh, doing the New York vibe.

Dispatch rides taxi drivers 
Pimps and geeks and Brooklin Tigers
Heat and dust, the [bad word] All night sandwich and wonder [bad word]  greeks and chinese eyes.
Family's living up in the skies
Corner creeps East River tide
Everyone does the New York vibe.

It's all over now I'm certain
The Greyhound's stopped at the light
If I give up now with this hurting
I'll be living in the New York vibe, yeah
Living in the New York vibe, my baby, baby

Oh, living in the New York vibe, vibe, vibe
Oh, living in the New York vibe, baby, baby
Oh, living in the New York vibe, my baby, baby, baby

Carnegie Hall and Madison Square
Shamrock bar will all be there
Collage kids are getting high
Everybody does the New York vibe.

I'm talking 'bout the New York vibe.

Dispatch rides taxi drivers 
Pimps and geeks and Brooklin Tigers, Brooklin Tigers

New York vibe yeah
New York vibe yeah