Well, things were spinnin' 'round me   And all my thoughts were cloudy   And I had begun to doubt   All the things that were me      Been in so many places   You know I've run so many races   And looked into the empty faces   Of the people of the night      And something is just not right   'Cause I know that I gotta get out of here, I'm so alone   Don't you know that I gotta get out of here   'Cause New York's not my home      Though all the streets are crowded   There's something strange about it   I lived there 'bout a year   And I never once felt at home      I though I'd make the big time   I learned a lot of lessons awful quick   And now I'm tellin' you   That they were not the nice kind      And it's been so long since I have felt fine   That's the reason that I gotta get out of here, I'm so alone   Don't you know that I gotta get out of here   'Cause New York's not my home      That's the reason that I gotta get out of here, I'm so alone   Don't you know that I gotta get out of here   'Cause New York's not my home