girl your not on the phone so why your talking so loud you seem a little too proud what the hell are you on about he s gotta place on ninth street she ain t been home in a week let s go meet up with our friends and have a smoke in the heap don t be nervous who s gonna tell there s no one around but me to be young in new york city to be young in new york city on the train last week i bumped into my friends said there s a party near the pier i hoped she might be there oh did you hear about him and his little broken heart they said that he was untrue i heard she fucked half the block to be young in new york city to be young in new york city a generation of jokes directionless on our feet so take a seat on the curb i got no place to be she said what are your goals where s your ambitious needs well i guess they must be in my other jeans to be young in new york city to be young in new york city to be young in new york city to be young in new york city while you sit on the phone you can t be who you want to become when your rich and young when your rich and young when your rich and dumb when your rich and young