Dia berdiri di jalan raya
Somewhere way out in the sticks
Suatu tempat jalan keluar di tongkat
Guitar across his shoulder
Gitar melewati bahunya
Like a 30 ought six
Seperti 30 harus enam
He was staring in my headlights
Dia menatap lampu depan saya
When I come around the bend
Saat aku sampai di tikungan
Climbed up on my shotgun side
Mendaki di senapan saya
And told me with a grin
Dan bilang sambil menyeringai
Chorus:
Paduan suara:
I’m going to New York City
Aku akan pergi ke New York City
I never really been there
Aku tidak pernah benar-benar berada di sana
Just like the way it sounds
Persis seperti kedengarannya
I heard the girls are pretty
Kudengar gadis-gadis itu cantik
There must be something happening there
Pasti ada sesuatu yang terjadi di sana
It’s just too big a town
Kotanya terlalu besar
He was cold and wet and hungry
Dia kedinginan, basah dan lapar
But he never did complain
Tapi dia tidak pernah mengeluh
Said he’d come a thousand miles
Katanya dia akan datang seribu mil
Through sleet and snow and rain
Melalui hujan es dan salju dan hujan
He had a hundred stories
Dia memiliki seratus cerita
About the places that he’d been
Tentang tempat-tempat yang dulu
He’d hang around a little while
Dia akan berkeliaran sebentar
And hit the road again
Dan menghantam jalan lagi
Chorus
Paduan suara
See I’ve been to New York City
Lihat aku pernah ke New York City
Seems like it was yesterday
Sepertinya kemarin
I was standing like a pilgrim
Aku berdiri seperti peziarah
On the Great White Way
Di Jalan Putih Besar
The girls were really pretty
Gadis-gadis itu benar-benar cantik
But they wouldn’t talk to me
Tapi mereka tidak mau bicara denganku
I held out about a week
Aku bertahan sekitar seminggu
Went back to Tennessee
Kembali ke Tennessee
So, I thought I’d better warn him
Jadi, kupikir sebaiknya aku memperingatkannya
As he climbed out of my car
Saat dia keluar dari mobilku
Grabbed his battered suitcase
Meraih kopernya yang sudah usang
And shouldered his guitar
Dan memanggul gitarnya
I knew I was just jealous
Aku tahu aku hanya cemburu
If I didn’t wish him well
Jika saya tidak menginginkannya baik-baik saja
I slipped the kid a twenty
Aku menyelipkan anak itu dua puluh tahun
Said ‘Billy give ’em hell’
Said ‘Billy memberi’ neraka ‘
Chorus x 2
Chorus x 2