Oh the city snow makes your brown eyes shine
We`ve gotta look real hard to find a reason to cry
New York, New York is a friend of the travelling kind
And I`m coming around from years of hard times
He`s chased me down through the towns and the miles
Once stilled by love he was bound to roll on by
(chorus)
And if you feel my love won`t leave you
And if your sorrow has been your share
If you are travelling back to Georgia
Won`t you take me with you there
Well I`m long gone darlin`, lonesome blue
I been thinking of leavin`, I been thinkin` of you
But that big city singin`, man, I like the way that it shines
I was half a mile from Canada waitin` on a train
Wonderin` and wishin` I could disappear again
I been killed by love till it takes me to the end of the line
(repeat chorus)
Well, I`ve been troubled by a love untrue
He`s a fool who`ll drown in his fountain of youth
I can see that now as I`m walkin` and talkin` with you
Well, I been blinded by the sun, washed in the rain
Scattered in America, I`m scatterin` again
But if you`re goin` south darlin` I guess I`m travellin with you