I remember it like it was yesterday   Snow in the park and skaters on the ice   Long black cars standing side-by-side   Loading up the boys at night      Turned up our collars to the chill of the wind   Caught an innocent smile from a taxi at the lights   Not something you'd see on a New York street   It's such an uncommon sight      chorus:   But I wouldn't have it any other way   This city's got a thing about it   Don't try to understand it   New York City I'd really like to stay   New York City I wouldn't have you   I wouldn't have you any other way      Oh the subway rumbled underneath   Italian lights where Joey Gallo died   And the man on the door down at Fifty Four's   Is letting only the pretty inside      I'd wake with a stranger under the covers   Late in the day and longing for the night   Just like the snowfall there's so many bodies   But somehow it feels so right      [repeat chorus]      And I can feel the magic   And read a million lips   And no matter what might happen   They'll never sink this ship      [repeat chorus]