They turned out the lights on old Broadway
They stopped playing jazz in the cabarets
And rumor has it, that The Plaza closed its doors
And out in the street the cabbies won't blow their horns
That's how it's been
Since you left New York

In Central Park the birds refuse to sing
And I heard the flowers have decided to cancel spring
And that Manhattan moon lost the shine it had before
And I can't see the lights of the skyline anymore
That's how it's been
Since you left New York

The busiest city is the loneliest town
All because you've gone away
I walk in a daze
It's so hard to get around
And that's how it'll be till you come back to stay

No New Year's Eve in old Times Square
No reason to celebrate if you won't be there
So much to do here, but it's all become a bore
Even the lady in the harbor has turned down her torch
That's how it's been
Since you left New York

I walk in a daze
It's so hard to get around
And that's how it'll be till you come back to stay

No New Year's Eve in old Times Square
No reason to celebrate if you won't be there
So much to do here, but it's all become a bore
Even the lady in the harbor, she has turned down her torch
That's how it's been
Since you left New York

That's how it's been
Since you left New York
Since you left New York
Oh, why did you leave New York?"