It can only lead to trouble if you break my heart   If you accidentally crush it on the ides of march   I'd prefer you were straight forward   You don't have to go through all of that   I'm a new york city man, baby, and say "go" and that is that      New york city man, you just say "go" and that is that   I'm a new york city man, you just say "go" and that is that      It's far too complicated to make up a lie   That you'd have to remember and really why   I wouldn't want to be around you   If you didn't want to have me around   I'm a m-a-n-n man, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone      M-a-n-n man, you blink your eyes, honey, I love you, I'll be gone   New york city man, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone      Brutus made a pretty speech but caesar was betrayed   Lady macbeth went crazy but macbeth ended slain   Ophelia and desdamona dead leaving hamlet in a play   But I'm no lear with blinded eyes, say "go" and I am gone      The stars have shut their eyes up tight   The earth has changed it's course   A kingdom sits on a black knight's back   As he tries to mount a white jeweled horse   While a clock full of butterflies on the hour   Releases a thousand moths   You say "leave" and I'll be gone   Without any remorse   No letters faxes phones or tears   There's a difference between bad and worse      I'm a new york city man, blink your eyes and I'll be gone   New york city - man, m-a-n, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone      New york city, I love you, new york city man   New york city, how I love you, blink your eyes and I'll be gone   Just a little grain of sand   New york city, ooohhh, how I love you   New york city, baby, blink your eyes and I'll be gone   Oh, how I love you