Rambling out of the wild west Leaving the towns I love best Thought I'd seen some ups and down 'Till I come into New York town People going down to the ground Building going up to the sky Wintertime in New York town The wind blowing snow around Walk

Guess I gotta show you Do I need to show you? And I will walk this road ahead And if you don't believe me now I'll flip the whole world upside down Do I really gotta show you now? Really, really, really, gotta show you now? Do I really gotta spell it

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere With your cheap guitar and your big long hair You gotta realize all your responsibilities You gotta

You laugh creating a lightness in my chest Your eyes they penetrate me (Your answer's always maybe) And that's when I got up and left Like the angel you are They turn the lights down low In shadows hiding from the world Only coming out when it gets cold

Who's gonna take me home? Well, I can't drive, I can't walk And I'm a little too high to crawl I'll hold up this wall Till I come down or the room stops spinnin' Yeah, who's gonna take me home? Bartender's sittin'' them shots on the bar Those last two

'Round midnight, midnight It begins to tell I do pretty well, till after sundown Suppertime I'm feelin' sad But it really gets bad 'Round midnight Memories always start 'round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories When my heart is still

I just spent three nights in a two-night town Sun's comin’ up and I’m just goin’ down It was women, it was sinnin’, it was alcohol When am I, ever gonna learn to walk away Why do I always gotta stay to long till it’s too late Am I ever gonna turn my life

Yeah, were kings and queens Cruising South Jackson Street Riding up and down that all night merry go round Just more of the same old same Making memories with time to waste And it ran out we took One last lap around this town Hey it was bumper to bumper

Fallin' fallin' fallin' 'Cause when the loving starts, and the lights go down And you say that you love me You woo me until the sun comes up And if you use me again it'll be the end of me There's not another living soul around Say that you love me Have

Stay all night, runaway all night We're always waiting for the night So come with me where we can go where the light shines brightest We'll stay all night runaway all night? Shoot me down and I'll get up again Emotion running high with double meaning