New York / N.Y. English translation
von Nina Hagen

New York City is the hottest city
When you have a new boyfriend and a hotel room
New York City is my favorite place
Because the people I know there are real sweethearts
It's always the dead of night when we hit the clubs
And I always feel like I'm the nightclub queen
This is the purest truth and I swear sevenfold:
New York, I want a penthouse right upstairs

And after my show, I'm always so happy
And we all go to the disco
Bou, bou, bou, bou
We go to the nearest disco
One disco after another disco
And wobble to the beat of Wockelwabdidab
AM-PM, Pyramid, Roxy, Mudclub, Danceteria -
The newest nightclub opens tonight [x3]

New-York, New-York


New York City is the hottest city
When you have a new boyfriend and a hotel room
New York City is a thing unto itself
And of course definitely a thing for me
New York, I give you my heart
i love you very much
I couldn't do without you anymore
I love you more and more
I love Berlin and Amsterdam and Hollywood as much
And jealousy is a disease
I love everyone, all good!

And after my show, we're always so happy
And we all go to the disco
Bou, bou, bou, bou
We're going to the nearest disco
One disco after another disco
And wobbleto the beat to Wockelwabdidab
AM-PM, Pyramid, Roxy, Mudclub, Danceteria
The newest nightclub opens tonight [x3]

New-York, New-York

And it goes hop, hop, hop, hop
Straight up to the top
And it goes hop, hop, hop, hop
Straight up to the top
Man, let the light in
David Bowie will be here tonight - oh, fine
I create ecstasy in my world
I'm a star child, the purest superhero
And whether you like it or not
Money rules this world, but not that world


[x2]
I am love, I am life
I am the mother, I am the child