words and music by Arlo Guthrie
Gonna sit right here and sing myself a tune
That I wrote one afternoon
After everyone had gone
And I know that this won't mean a lot to you
You've got better things to do
But for me I'll just go on
Old dog is Iying in the middle of the road
He don't do nothing 'cause he don't want to
And I think I'm gonna like that hound
'Cause the more he sits around
The less I want to do too
Gonna sit right here and watch the world roll by
Till we both just up and die
Watching clouds and eating flies
Don't want to bo
Follow The Leader
Follow, follow the leader na-na-now
New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now
Follow, follow the leader na-na-now
New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now
Oh, if you wanna dance
hey, work up a sweat
better-better-better, get yourself, ah-huh, a little romance
And you know you better, ooohhh
get up a little sweat and get a little romance
and you better, now
Follow, follow the leader na-na-na-na-na-now
New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now
Follow, follow the leader na-na-now
New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now
Yeah, if you wanna dance
you better work up a sweat now, baby
Get a little romance
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you better
yeah, you better work up a sweat now
Get yourself a little romance and you know, you better
Oh, no, boy, follow the leader, na-na-now
Oh, New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now
get it on ...