Lyrics:

I’ve got a highway state of mind
And a New York state of love
So many places I have hated
So few have risen above
To keep me baited
Anticipating…

I want you to want me back
I want you to scream my name
I want you to ache like I do

’Cause never before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York

It’s raining out here in Portland
But I don’t mind
It makes me appreciate the sunshine
And just like the traffic
All across California
You just get used to it
Well, I don’t want to get used to it

I want you to want me back
I want to give the best of me
But this industry keeps stealing me

More than ever before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York

New York, New York
I don’t want to go

We gotta hold it all in
To see who’s first to give out
This city always outlasts me
So, I’ll be blue
Crawling back for more

’Cause never before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York

New York, New York
I don’t want to go

New York