way up in nyc

way up in new york city

that's where we did go

a fella called frank walker there

he owns a studio

we made us a recording right there on old broadway

and for a week or two we got the hell away from spray

way up in new york city

that's the place to be

where the buildings are so high the sky is hard to see

in a city full of strangers humanity's a show

no

it's not like spray where everyday you meet the folks you know

way up in new york city

pretty women everywhere

after awhile a married man forgets who isn't there

those city gals in new york town can turn a cracker's head

and a wife in spray's so far away she might as well be dead

way up in new york city

all those taverns and saloons

you never saw so much sawdust or so many spittoons

there's a cop on every corner

he's there to keep the peace

and there's lots of trees in central park

well

two or three at least

we wound up in passaic

that's a town in new jersey

and we stayed with posey's pal from franklin county

jim holley

we took jobs in jersey just to make a little dough

then we had our audition

into new york we did go

we rode an elevator

poor posey

he got sick

he threw up in a fire bucket

not a pretty trick

but we got to the audition and we played frank the deal"