N.Y.C. (with the Supersuckers)

by Steve Earle

From the album: El Coraz贸n

Track 8 of 12 on El Coraz贸n (1997).

Duration: 3:37

El Coraz贸n cover art

Lyrics for N.Y.C. (with the Supersuckers)

He was standing on the highway Somewhere way out in the sticks Guitar across his shoulder Like a 30 ought six He was staring in my headlights When I come around the bend Climbed up on my shotgun side And told me with a grin I'm going to New York City I never really been there Just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there It's just too big a town He was cold and wet and hungry But he never did complain Said he'd come a thousand miles Through sleet and snow and rain He had a hundred stories About the places that he'd been He'd hang around a little while And hit the road again I'm going to New York City I never really been there Just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there It's just too big a town See I've been to New York City Seems like it was yesterday I was standing like a pilgrim On the Great White Way The girls were really pretty But they wouldn't talk to me I held out about a week Went back to Tennessee So, I thought I'd better warn him As he climbed out of my car Grabbed his battered suitcase And shouldered his guitar I knew I was just jealous If I didn't wish him well I slipped the kid a twenty Said 'Billy give 'em hell' I'm going to New York City I never really been there Just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there It's just too big a town I'm going to New York City I never really been there Just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there It's just too big a town

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  2. Taneytown
  3. If You Fall
  4. I Still Carry You Around (with the Del McCoury Band)
  5. Telephone Road (with the Fairfield Four)
  6. Somewhere out There
  7. You Know the Rest
  8. N.Y.C. (with the Supersuckers)
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  10. The Other Side of Town
  11. Here I Am
  12. Ft. Worth Blues