John Lennon New York City Lyrics

New York City Lyrics

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

New York City...New York
City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?

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!"

New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New
York?
Que pasa, New York?

New York City...New York City...New York
City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?

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!"

New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa,
New York?
Que pasa, New York?

New York City...back in New York
City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?