New York City - Written by Dell Sweet

Song Title: New York City. Style: Alt

Verse 1

(Slow......................... Single Acoustic lead in.......................................................................................)

If I could get away from here. I could go to New York City and... Fade away... Maybe... Some day...

But... Life without you would drive me crazy. Don't want to be someplace I already been... Not today... What do you say?

Instrumental............................. Short Lead ... Pick up tempo into verse two ...........................................

Verse 2

Living on the edge of something. Can't quite see what it might be... Just enough to know... I gotta go...

Everything about this life disagrees. Nothing here but pity... It ain't pretty... Can't take it anymore... Baby, what's it all for?

Instrumental............................. Short Lead ...............................................................................................

Verse 3

Been on the edge since seventeen. Feel I might crash and burn... All I got is you... You know it's true...

You're all that gives me hope... When you hold me close to you... I want to cry... And time keeps moving by...

Hook

Take me down to New York City... Let the concrete wear the small ideas from my soul...

You say it'll only take part of me away, but, Baby you know I never been whole...

May be a step in a bad direction, but I got to go... Can't you see? Don't you know?

Instrumental......................... Long Lead …...............................................................................................

Bridge

Say the nights they last forever... Time goes on 'til you can't tell one from the other...

Baby we got so much inside us... Got to come out... One way or another...

Hook

Take me down to New York City... Let the concrete wear the small ideas from my soul...

You say it'll only take part of me away, but, Baby you know I never been whole...

May be a step in a bad direction, but I got to go... Can't you see? Don't you know?

Instrumental......................... Lead Transition back to acoustic single …..................................................

X-tro

We could get away from here. Go down to New York City and... Fade away... Maybe today... Baby...

Living here could drive us crazy. Don't you wanna be someplace we ain't been... What do you say... We could... Leave today...

Hook

(repeat with only single acoustic to out ...............................................................................................)

Take it down to New York City... Let the concrete wear the small ideas from my soul...

You say it'll only take part of me away, but, Baby you know I never been whole...

May be a step in a bad direction, but I got to go... Can't you see? Don't you know?

Why I Wrote It:

I was thinking about what love can do. The song is all about young love. When the world is brand new and everything seems possible... (My notes also suggested a new hook, or a re-write of the existing hook)