Walking through a crowd The village is aglow Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats Under coats Everybody here wanted something more Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before And it said Chorus: Welcome to New York It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat Forever more The lights are so bright But they never blind me, me Welcome to New York It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York When we first dropped our bags On apartment floors Took our broken hearts Put them in a drawer Everybody here was someone else before And you can want who you want Boys and boys and girls and girls [Chorus] Like any great love It keeps you guessing Like any real love It's ever changing Like any true love It drives you crazy But you know you wouldn't change Anything, anything, anything... [Chorus] Produced by Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella & Taylor Swift Recorded by Ryan Tedder & Smith Carlson at Conway Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Assisted by Eric Eylands, Matthew Tryba Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, VA) Engineered for mix by John Hanes Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) Piano - Ryan Tedder Juno - Ryan Tedder Drum Programming – Noel Zancanella Synthesizer – Noel Zancanella Background Vocals – Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder appears courtesy of Mosley Music/Interscope Records