Steve Earle, Supersuckers - N.Y.C. lyrics

He was standing on the highway somewhere
Way out in the sticks
Guitar across his shoulder
Like a 30-ought-six
He was staring in my headlights when
I come around the bend
Climbed up on my shotgun side and
Told me with a grin

I'm going to New York City
I never really been there
Just like the way it sounds
I heard the girls are pretty
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town

He was cold and wet and hungry
Never did complain
Said he'd come a thousand miles through
Sleet and snow and rain
He had a hundred stories about
The places that he'd been
He'd hang around a little while
And hit the road again

I'm going to New York City
I never really been there
Just like the way it sounds
He said the girls are pretty
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town

See, I've been to New York City
Seems like it was yesterday
I was standing like a pilgrim
On the Great White Way
The girls were really pretty
But they wouldn't talk to me
I held out about a week
Went back to Tennessee

So I thought I'd better warn him and
I climbed out of my car
Grabbed his battered suitcase
Shouldered his guitar
I knew I was just jealous
If I didn't wish him well
I slipped the kid a twenty, said "Billy
Give 'em hell"

I'm going to New York City
I never really been there
Just like the way it sounds
I heard the girls are pretty
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town

Going to New York City
I never really been there
Just like the way it sounds
He heard the girls were pretty
There must be something happening there
It's just too big a town

Going to New York City
Going to New York City
Going to New York City