John Lennon
New York City
Some Time In New York City (1972)

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Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono
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We was waiting for Jerry to land
Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
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Singing "Have a marijuana if you can"

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His name was David Peel and we found that he was real
He sang, "The Pope smokes dope every day"
Up come a policeman, shoved us up the street
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Singing, "Power to the people today"

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  New York City, New York City, New York City 
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  Que pasa New York?
  Que pasa New York? Hey hey

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Well down to Max's Kansas City, got down the nitty gritty
With the Elephants Memory Band
Laid something down as the news spread around
About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band

And we played some funky boogie and laid some tutti frutti
Singing, "Long Tall Sally's a man"
Up come a preacherman trying to be a teacher
Singing, "God's a red herring in drag"

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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
So 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"

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  New York City, back in Ney 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? 

  Yeah rock on, oh boogie, yeah
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?

  Hey what a bad bad city, bad city, bad city  
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York? 

  Yeah boogie boogie, I want you to boogie

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