ive been to chicago and ive seen its tallest tower rising high in silver spears in great displays of power they got a lot of pretty things a man cannot ignore oh but thats not the city that im looking for ive seen new york city now all covered in the snow shining bright with colored lights everywhere i go but i feel something missing here and i long for something more oh its still not the city that im looking for and every time that i try to rest my troubled soul all i find is im not at home and i will walk every road the world may have in store but its still not the city that im looking for ive been out to see l a in all its glory fine to get a taste of hollywood some would call divine but every sip upon my lip would kill me at the core knowing this is not the city that im looking for seems like just as long as i remember ive never found the place i wanna find but as long as i can get there by forever ill admit that i dont really mind cuz somewhere in that city by the pretty crystal sea ive been told of streets of gold and a mansion there for me and nothing here can make me fear the promise of that shore oh and thats the kind of city that im looking for chorus oh and thats the kind of city that im looking for 