"I want to get away," I thought, but was I to go? the are full, the subways busy, I'm at a dead end road So I went right out and lived right up, I I not abide, So I paid my dues and my mind To a lack of bide
So I grabbed my troubled heart, my dreams on a train got my ticket to New York, and I'm going to run away And if you try and hold me back, come and prove you wrong You know, the city don't seem so bad if it's where you've been all
I want to go and live my life, but I I'd seen no sign, The days light, the clocks lost time, and the lonely lost their minds, And you have never lost mind, a hope or dream of friend, But it brings right out these old, used thoughts, you don't understand
So I grabbed my heart, took my dreams on a train I've got my to New York, and I'm going to run away And if you try and hold me back, I'll come and prove you You know, the city don't seem so bad if it's where you've all along
I know they say you buy love, but what had I to pay? A time, a start, or an end take me far away. They say that you think differently, they say it like bad, But this whole time, you wish they'd see what you had
So I grabbed my troubled heart, my dreams on a train got my ticket to New York, and now I'm far away, And if you and join me, I'd let you tag along, Being lonely don't seem so bad, when it's loneliness in