Peggy Lee: New York City Blues 1962

 Este New York City Blues comienza con una contenida Peggy Lee, pero la explosiva cantante pronto se lanza al puro swing. A esta explosión contribuyen los arreglos del gran Quincy Jones haciendo que la banda resalte las condiciones de la cantante. El disco, muy al gusto norteamericano, acumulaba un buen puñado de canciones dedicadas a las ciudades, de Los Angeles a St. Louis y, por supuesto, esta Nueva York que nos describe, un tema compuesto por la letra de Peggy Lee y la música del propio Quincy Jones. Y no fue el único tema que firmaron conjuntamente en el disco. Se grabó en 1962. Disfrútala!

New York City Blues (P. Lee & Q. Jones)

Once I said goodbye

To New York City

Sweet city

I said goodbye

But I got to get back to you

If I have to walk

Or crawl or fly

I can't say goodbye to New York City

Sweet city

Something's got to give

They say it's a great place to visit

But my heart tells me it's a better place to live

If I come by plane I can see those buildings high

And If I come by boat I can really heave aside

And If I come by train I can watch those streets go by

And If I land in the airport come in the skyway

Catch a cab that's going my way

Love the busy home yes this is my day

New York is my town

Yes, New York, New York is my town

And I'll go uptown, downtown

In this big happy-sad town

They love to go uptown, downtown

In this big happy-sad town

Eastside, westside

All around the town

I love the people, yes the people

And all they make that big town swing

In the autumn, in the winter

In the summer, in the spring

Yeah the people are everything

And I'll go uptown, downtown

Oh I'll go uptown, downtown

Eastside, west side

New York is my city

New York!