Flew in that first day Summer of '08 Ferried cross the way to beat the rush Waved at Liberty Docked in Battery David welcomed me and sure enough I knew I had to have you You're everything I'm missing I'm ready to be living my New York City days I'm dancing with my shadow Fountain penny wishing I'm ready to be living my New York City days 13 years from then Running late again Coffee with a friend, just killing time Subway packed sardines Bikers swim upstream Shouting in the street Everything is fine I'm happy that I have you There's nothing that I'm missing I'm lucky to be living my New York City days Boxing with my shadow Fountain penny wishing I'm lucky to be living my New York City days And the time goes by How the time flies by How the time flies by I never thought I'd leave you But there's something that I'm missing I gotta stop living my New York City days I didn't see my shadow And the fountain's got a scaffold I gotta stop living my New York City Days