Lyrics to
Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo)

This version of Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) was released by Alice Cooper in 1973.

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We’re so young and pretty
We’re so young and clean
So many things
That we have never seen
…from Ohio (let’s move from Ohio)
Sell this damn old store
Big Apple dreamin
On a wooden floor

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Skyscrapers
And subways and stations
Starin’ up
At the United Nations

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New York is waiting
For you and me, baby
Waiting to swallow us down
New York, we’re coming
To see what you’re made of
Are you as great as you sound

Heard about them massages
And all those dirty shows
Well, I read somewhere
Some places never close
While we waste time on yokels
Comin’ through the door
Big Apple dreamin’
On a wooden floor

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New York is waiting
For you and me, baby
Waiting to swallow us down
New York, we’re coming
To see what you’re made of
Are you as tough as you sound

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Yeah, New York is waitin’, baby
Waitin’ to swallow us down
New York, we’re coming
To see what you’re made of
Can’t be as tough as you sound

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Oh, New York
Oh New York, we’re comin’
Oh we’re comin’
To see what you’re made of
Oh can’t be as good as you sound
Me and my baby, we’re comin’
Oh we’re comin’
They’re waitin’ for you and me, baby…

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About Lyrics and Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) by Alice Cooper

The lyrics for Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Alice Cooper. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) - Alice Cooper and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) by Alice Cooper in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo)" means the words set to the music of Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) and the lyrics to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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