City streets where the steam and the heat never goes to sleep 
What a sight all the yellow and tans and the black and whites 
There's also a dark shade of blue struttin' along two by two 
Their guns hangin' low like the cowboys you dig in the old gunfights 

But still I got hooked on them big apple blues 
And I got hung up on them big apple blues 
And I got strung up on them big apple blues 
I ain't got nothin' to lose 

Them hot licks from the hicks satisfy the Manhattan chicks 
Them cool schmucks get their hooks on the bucks with their sexy looks 
They all know how to do what good little girls shouldn't do 
I don't care 'bout evasion cos all o' that hassle sucks 

But still I got hooked on them big apple blues 
And I got hung up on them big apple blues 
And I got strung up on them big apple blues 
I ain't got nothin' to lose 
I got got turned on - I got got turned on - 
I got got turned on - I got got turned on 
I got got turned on - I got got turned on - 
I got got turned on - I got got turned on 
I got got turned on - I got got hooked on - 
I got got switched on - I got got turned on 
I got got turned on - I got got hooked on - 
I got got switched on - I got got turned on yeah 

City streets where the steam and the heat never goes to sleep 
And city walls standing tall if you fall no-one hears you call 
There are bodies all filled up with wine sayin' buddy have you got a dime 
The apple ain't bad it's just bruised and I'm glad that it's there at all 
But still I got hooked on them big apple blues 
And I got hung up on them big apple blues 
I got strung on switched on hooked on them big apple blues 
I got hooked on snooked on cooked on them big apple blues 
Why I got to hang on to hang on to hang on to hang on to them blues 
Why I got hooked on cooked on snooked on them big apple blues 
And I got hooked on them big apple blues 
I ain't got nothin' to lose