I can't explain it this certain feeling
There's no escaping keeps creeping back in
Round every corner every star turned over
Maybe I'm meant to be in New York

There's someone out there inside the mirror
Her plan is grand and her mind is clearer
Behind the curtain living a life I want to
Maybe I'm meant to be in New York
New York new York

Oh, where the future's bright
The grass looks so much
Greener under neon lights
Oh, where the seasons change
And everyone goes west to breathe the cold

The ground beneath me is always shaking
The roads have cracked and
The sidewalk's breaking
And should the big one
Send the boundaries falling
I'd feel much safer out in New York

Oh, out there I'll find myself
See how all my things look
On a different shelf
Oh, I will have my own place
And someone down the hall who
Also calls it home

I can't explain it this yearning feeling
I didn't choose it it didn't choose me
Round every corner every storm turned over
Is telling me to go to New York
Maybe I'll find myself in New York
Maybe I'm meant to be in New York