Things were spinnin' 'round me

And all my thoughts were cloudy

And I had begun to doubt

all the things that were me

Been in so many places, you

know I've run so many races

I looked into the empty faces

of the people of the night

Somethin' is just not right

'Cause I know that I've

gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I

gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

Though all the streets are crowded

There's somethin' strange about it

I lived there 'bout a year

and I never once felt at home

I thought I'd make the big time

I learned a lot of lessons awfully quick

And now I'm tellin' you that

they were not the nice kind

It has been so long

since I have felt fine

That's the reason that

I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I

gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

That's the reason that

I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I

gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home