On the banks of the Hudson   My love and I lay down   Just above 42nd Street   While the rain was pouring down      When I covered her with kisses   The sparks lit up her eyes   We made love like mad angels   While the Jersey trucks rolled by      She said, "Don't you ever leave me   Oh, for god sake don't let me down"   So I made her all kinds of promises   About how I'd always be around      But the speed was rippin' through my head   I'd only one thing on my mind   So goodbye my love on 42nd street   If I don't get out of here, I'm gonna die      On the banks of the Hudson   My love and I lay down   Just one more midnight left to kill   Then I'm outta New York town      I could feel the ice man closin' in   I could almost smell his gun   But that 20 grand I beat him out of   Would help me start again back home      And she said, "Don't you ever leave me   Oh, for god sake don't let me down   Then I thought about what they'd do to her   When they found out I'd left town      But the fire was racin' through my brain   I'd only one thing on my mind   So goodbye my love on 42nd Street   If I don't get out of here, I'm gonna die      Don't say I should have stayed with her   You don't know the full story about the girl   I only used her just as much as she used me   But sometimes you just gotta get out of New York City      On the banks of the Hudson   My love and I lay down   Just above 42nd street   While the rain was pouring down      When I covered her with kisses   The sparks lit up her eyes   We made love like mad angels   While the Jersey trucks rolled by      And she said, "Don't you ever leave me   Oh, for god sake don't let me down"   But how could I ever take   A black girl back to Wexford town      Just then the streets of fire turned to blood   A yellow Cadillac cruised by   And as I raced up 42nd Street   The ice man shouted, "Hey Paddy, it's time to die"      It's time to   It's time to   It's time to   ...