I wish I could take you with me All the way to New York City And we can get an apartment there Be closer to our families We can take my station wagon Fill it to the brim Wave goodbye to all our lovely friends Never to return again You could write for picture shows And I could get a job Waiting tables at a restaurant Where famous people like to go We could buy old over coats And walk through the snow All the way around Central Park Our cheeks as pink as wild roses We could take the subway home And stare at our reflections In the window panes of the trains And see how much New York has changed us