| Standing on the corner, just me and yoko ono, | 
| We was waiting for jerry to land. | 
| Up come a man with a guitar in his hand, | 
| Singing, «have a marijuana, if you can.» | 
| His name was david peel and we found that he was real, | 
| He sang, «the pope smokes dope evryday.» | 
| Up come a policeman, shoved us of the street, | 
| Singing, «power to the people today.» | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey! | 
| hey! | 
| Well, down to maxs, kansas city, got down the nitty gritty | 
| With the elephants memory band. | 
| Laid something down as the news spread around | 
| About the plastic ono elephants memory band. | 
| Well, we played some funky boogie, and laid some tutti fritti, | 
| Singing, «long tall sallys a man.» | 
| Up come a preacher man, tryin to be a teacher, | 
| Singing, «gods a red herring in drag!» | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Ha! | 
| ha! | 
| Hey! | 
| hey! | 
| hey! | 
| hey! | 
| Hey! | 
| Oh yeah! | 
| Hey! | 
| new york city! | 
| Alright, new york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey! | 
| hey! | 
| Well, we did the staten island ferry, making movies for the telly, | 
| Played the fillmore and apollo for freedom. | 
| Tried to shake our image, just a-cycling through the village, | 
| But we found that we had left it back in london. | 
| Well, nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us, | 
| We decided to make it our home. | 
| If the man wants to shove us out, we gonna jump and shout, | 
| The statue of liberty said, «come!» | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey! | 
| hey! | 
| Oh, new york! | 
| Uh, uh, uh. | 
| Well, new york, yeh, | 
| Alright! | 
| Oh, new york city! | 
| Back in new york city! | 
| Yeah, new york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Ass city! | 
| Down in the village, | 
| Yeah, what a city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Yeah, rock on! | 
| Ow! | 
| uh! | 
| Yeah! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey! | 
| what a bad, bad city! | 
| Bad-ass city! | 
| Bad-ass city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey, city! | 
| city! | 
| Another version | 
| Recorded live at the madison square garden, new york, n.y. | 
| 30 august 1972 | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Power to the people! | 
| Two, three, four! | 
| Standing on the corner, just me and yoko ono, | 
| We was waiting for her hour to land, | 
| Up come a man with a guitar in his hand, | 
| «have marijuana if you can.» | 
| Well, his name was david peel | 
| And we found that he was real, | 
| «the pope smokes dope evry day.» | 
| Up come the police, shoved us off the street, | 
| Singing, «power to the people today!» | 
| New york city! | 
| Madison square garden! | 
| Hey! | 
| Whats happenin, man? | 
| Went back to kansas city, laid down the nitty gritty | 
| With the elephants memory band. | 
| Laid something down as the news spread around | 
| About the plastic ono elephants memory band. | 
| Played some tutti frutti and played some funky boogie, | 
| «long tall sallys a man!» | 
| Up come the preacherman, tryin to be a teacher, | 
| Singing, «gods a red herring in drag!» | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| New york city! | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Que pasa, new york? | 
| Hey! | 
| Ow! | 
| Ooh! | 
| Well, new york city, babe! | 
| New york! | 
| New york city! | 
| Yeah, new york city! | 
| Down in the village! | 
| New york city! | 
| Come on, hit it! | 
| Ah, what a bad ass city! | 
| Yeah! | 
| Roll over! |