it can only lead to trouble if you break my heart if you accidentally crush it on the ides of march i d prefer you were straight forward you don t have to go through all of that i m a new york city man baby and say go and that is that new york city man you just say go and that is that i m a new york city man you just say go and that is that it s far too complicated to make up a lie that you d have to remember and really why i wouldn t want to be around you if you didn t want to have me around i m a m a n n man you blink your eyes and i ll be gone m a n n man you blink your eyes honey i love you i ll be gone new york city man you blink your eyes and i ll be gone brutus made a pretty speech but caesar was betrayed lady macbeth went crazy but macbeth ended slain ophelia and desdamona dead leaving hamlet in a play but i m no lear with blinded eyes say go and i am gone the stars have shut their eyes up tight the earth has changed it s course a kingdom sits on a black knight s back as he tries to mount a white jeweled horse while a clock full of butterflies on the hour releases a thousand moths you say leave and i ll be gone without any remorse no letters faxes phones or tears there s a difference between bad and worse i m a new york city man blink your eyes and i ll be gone new york city man m a n you blink your eyes and i ll be gone new york city i love you new york city man new york city how i love you blink your eyes and i ll be gone just a little grain of sand new york city ooohhh how i love you new york city baby blink your eyes and i ll be gone oh how i love you