John Lennon — New York City

[Verse 1] Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono We was waiting for Jerry to land Up come a man with a guitar in his hand Singing "have a marijuana if you can" His name was David Peel, we found that he was real He sang "The Pope Smokes Dope Everyday" Up come a police man shoved us up the street Singin, "Power to the People today!" [Chorus] New York City...New York City...New York City Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey hey [Verse 2] Well down to Max's City Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band Laid something down as the news spread around About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band! We played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti" Singing "Long Tall Sally's A man" Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher Singing "God's a red herring in drag!" [Chorus] New York City...New York City...New York City Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey hey [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Hey, New York City All right, New York City New York City Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey hey [Verse 3] Well we did the Staten Island Ferry Making movies for the telly Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom Tried to shake our image Just a cycling through the Village But found that we had left it back in London Well nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us We decided to make it our home If the man wants to shove us out We gonna jump and shout The Statue of Liberty said "Come!" [Chorus] New York City...New York City...New York City Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey hey [Outro] Hey New York City Back in New York City Hey New York City Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey City Down in the Village Hey what a city Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey walk on Yeah Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey what a bad, bad city Bad-ass city Bad-ass city Que pasa New York?...Que pasa New York? Hey New York City