Is that supposed to be

Your poker face

Or was someone run

Over by a train

And you were minding

Your own business

But you're begging for forgiveness

Just the same

And it's running back and forth

Inside your mind

Just how that town defined you

Dressed you up

Painted on your face

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

You're awake and trying not to be

Wrapped around your pillow

Like a prawn

And the nighttime's wrapped around you

Will be until it drops you on the dawn

From the C train to the shiny tower

Kicked around til happy hour found you

Where you can drink

That smirk right off your face

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

And here is your reflection

In a building uptown

A ghost inside

Some Madison Avenue display

Like water under bridges

You're slowly passing by

As you sail

Between the rooftops and the sky

And the bourbon sits inside me

Right now I'm a puppet in it's sway

And it may be the whiskey talking

But the whiskey says

I miss you every day

So I taxi to an all night party

Park me in the corner in an old chair

Sip my drink and stare out into space

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

Now you're leaving New York

For no better place