I happen to like New York
I happen to like this town
I like the city air I like to drink of it
The more I know New York the more I think of it
I happen to like New York
I like to go to Battery Park and watch those liners booming in
I often ask myself Why should it be
that they should come so far from across the sea
I suppose it's because they all agree with me
I happen to love this burg
I happen to like this town
And when I have to give the world a last farewell
I don't want to go to heaven don't want to go to hell
I happen to like New York