New York City

<br>Standing on the corner, just me and yoko ono,<br><br>We was waiting for jerry to land.<br><br>Up come a man with a guitar in his hand,<br><br>Singing, &quot;have a marijuana, if you can.&quot;<br><br>His name was david peel and we found that he was real,<br><br>He sang, &quot;the pope smokes dope evryday.&quot;<br><br>Up come a policeman, shoved us of the street,<br><br>Singing, &quot;power to the people today.&quot;<br><br><br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Hey! hey!<br><br><br><br>Well, down to maxs, kansas city, got down the nitty gritty<br><br>With the elephants memory band.<br><br>Laid something down as the news spread around<br><br>About the plastic ono elephants memory band.<br><br>Well, we played some funky boogie, and laid some tutti fritti,<br><br>Singing, &quot;long tall sallys a man.&quot;<br><br>Up come a preacher man, tryin to be a teacher,<br><br>Singing, &quot;gods a red herring in drag!&quot;<br><br><br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Ha! ha!<br><br><br><br>Hey! hey! hey! hey!<br><br>Hey!<br><br><br><br>Oh yeah!<br><br><br><br>Hey! new york city!<br><br>Alright, new york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Hey! hey!<br><br><br><br>Well, we did the staten island ferry, making movies for the telly,<br><br>Played the fillmore and apollo for freedom.<br><br>Tried to shake our image, just a-cycling through the village,<br><br>But we found that we had left it back in london.<br><br>Well, nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us,<br><br>We decided to make it our home.<br><br>If the man wants to shove us out, we gonna jump and shout,<br><br>The statue of liberty said, &quot;come!&quot;<br><br><br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Hey! hey!<br><br><br><br>Oh, new york!<br><br>Uh, uh, uh.<br><br><br><br>Well, new york, yeh,<br><br>Alright!<br><br><br><br>Oh, new york city!<br><br>Back in new york city!<br><br>Yeah, new york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Ass city!<br><br><br><br>Down in the village,<br><br>Yeah, what a city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Yeah, rock on!<br><br><br><br>Ow! uh!<br><br>Yeah!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br><br><br>Hey! what a bad, bad city!<br><br>Bad-ass city!<br><br>Bad-ass city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Hey, city! city!<br><br><br><br><br><br>Another version<br><br>--------------------------------<br><br>Recorded live at the madison square garden, new york, n.y. 30 august 1972<br><br><br><br><br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br>Power to the people!<br><br><br><br>Two, three, four!<br><br><br><br>Standing on the corner, just me and yoko ono,<br><br>We was waiting for her hour to land,<br><br>Up come a man with a guitar in his hand,<br><br>&quot;have marijuana if you can.&quot;<br><br>Well, his name was david peel<br><br>And we found that he was real,<br><br>&quot;the pope smokes dope evry day.&quot;<br><br>Up come the police, shoved us off the street,<br><br>Singing, &quot;power to the people today!&quot;<br><br><br><br>New york city!<br><br>Madison square garden!<br><br>Hey!<br><br>Whats happenin, man? <br><br><br><br>Went back to kansas city, laid down the nitty gritty<br><br>With the elephants memory band.<br><br>Laid something down as the news spread around<br><br>About the plastic ono elephants memory band.<br><br>Played some tutti frutti and played some funky boogie,<br><br>&quot;long tall sallys a man!&quot;<br><br>Up come the preacherman, tryin to be a teacher,<br><br>Singing, &quot;gods a red herring in drag!&quot;<br><br><br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>New york city!<br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Que pasa, new york? <br><br>Hey!<br><br><br><br>Ow!<br><br><br><br>Ooh!<br><br><br><br>Well, new york city, babe!<br><br>New york!<br><br>New york city!<br><br><br><br>Yeah, new york city!<br><br><br><br>Down in the village!<br><br>New york city!<br><br><br><br>Come on, hit it!<br><br>Ah, what a bad ass city!<br><br>Yeah!<br><br>Roll over!