Village People - 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 evryday Up come a policeman, shoved us of 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? Hey! hey! Well, down to maxs, 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 Well, we played some funky boogie, and laid some tutti fritti Singing, long tall sallys a man Up come a preacher man, tryin to be a teacher Singing, gods a red herring in drag! New york city! New york city! New york city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Ha! ha! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Hey! Oh yeah! Hey! new york city! Alright, new york city! New york city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Hey! hey! 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 we 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! New york city! New york city! New york city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Hey! hey! Oh, new york! Uh, uh, uh Well, new york, yeh Alright! Oh, new york city! Back in new york city! Yeah, new york city! Que pasa, new york?

Que pasa, new york? Ass city! Down in the village Yeah, what a city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Yeah, rock on! Ow! uh! Yeah! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Hey! what a bad, bad city! Bad-a** city! Bad-a** city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Hey, city! city! Another version -------------------------------- Recorded live at the madison square garden, new york, n.y. 30 august 1972 Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people! Two, three, four! Standing on the corner, just me and yoko ono We was waiting for her hour to land Up come a man with a guitar in his hand Have marijuana if you can Well, his name was david peel And we found that he was real The pope smokes dope evry day Up come the police, shoved us off the street Singing, power to the people today! New york city! Madison square garden! Hey! Whats happenin, man? Went back to kansas city, laid down the nitty gritty With the elephants memory band Laid something down as the news spread around About the plastic ono elephants memory band Played some tutti frutti and played some funky boogie Long tall sallys a man! Up come the preacherman, tryin to be a teacher Singing, gods a red herring in drag! New york city! New york city! New york city! Que pasa, new york? Que pasa, new york? Hey! Ow! Ooh! Well, new york city, babe! New york! New york city! Yeah, new york city! Down in the village! New york city! Come on, hit it! Ah, what a bad a** city! Yeah! Roll over!