Song Name Welcome To New York Artist Taylor Swift Lyricist(s) Taylor Swift Album 1989 Welcome To New York Lyrics [Verse 1]Walking through a crowd, the village is aglowKaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coatsEverybody here wanted something moreSearching for a sound we hadn’t heard beforeAnd it said [Chorus]Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for youWelcome