I wish I could take you with me

All the way to New York City

We could get an apartment there

Be closer to our families

We could take my station wagon

And fill it to the brim

And wave goodbye to all our lovely friends

Never to return again

You could write for picture shows

And I could get a job waiting tables

At a restaurant where famous people like to go

We could buy old overcoats and walk through the snow

All the way around central park

Our cheeks as pink as wild roses

We could take the subway home

And stare at our reflections in the window panes of the train

And see how much New York has changed us