[Verse 1]
Bus brake squeal
on wet pavement
paper cup steam
in your left hand
You dodge the crowd
by the deli door
Same gray coat
you wore before
[Pre-Chorus]
And everybody's running
like they got a place to be
I keep looking for your face
in the moving sea
One more block
one more sign
Tell me, baby
are you mine?
[Chorus]
Big city, big city
You and me in it
Big city, big city
Don't let it split us
Hold me close
when the crowd gets loud
(Big city)
Hold me close
right here, right now
[Verse 2]
Train windows flash
with a thousand names
Taxi horns cut
through the windowpanes
Your hand on mine
like a stolen spark
We leave the bodega
through the dark
[Pre-Chorus]
And everybody's chasing
some version of a dream
I just want your jacket
touching next to me
One more block
one more sign
Tell me, baby
are you mine?
[Chorus]
Big city, big city
You and me in it
Big city, big city
Don't let it split us
Hold me close
when the crowd gets loud
(Big city)
Hold me close
right here, right now
[Bridge]
Under the awning
rain on your hair
You laugh like trouble
I don't care
If this place keeps pulling
we pull back too
Me and you
me and you
[Final Chorus]
Big city, big city
You and me in it
Big city, big city
Don't let it split us
Hold me close
when the crowd gets loud
(Big city)
Hold me close
right here, right now