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 godsake 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 godsake 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 godsake 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"