New Amsterdam

We were busy closing down

The only open bar we found

The lights went up and they kicked us out

You kissed me on a corner in Chinatown

We got saved by a gypsy cab

And that bottle of Johnnie Red you had

Your hair messed up, your shoes untied

I watched you sleeping in the morning light

Now a different sun is sinking in the west

Now a different heart is beating in my chest

I tried and tried and tried again

But I can't get back to New Amsterdam

But I can't get back to New Amsterdam

Down by the bridge on the Lower East Side

Watching as the river goes rolling by

Did you lose me, or did I lose you

Suppose it all depends on your point of view

Now all these downtown streets still look the same

Guess it ain't the bricks and stones that change

I tried and tried and tried again

But I can't get back to New Amsterdam

I tried and tried and tried again

But I can't get back to New Amsterdam