bright lights the big city went straight to my baby s head she never listened to a word of what her daddy said the music and the parties and the laughter turned her on she lost herself in running and all we had was gone that s the year my dream died in new york city that s the year i had to leave that town that s the year people my dream died in new york city that s the year i left without a sound bottles are all empty and we sang an awful song thank the lord that new york city people love the strong i think of all the good times when my cup overflowed ain t it funny baby that we ve taken different roads that s the year my dream died in new york city that s the year i had to leave that town that s the year people my dream died in new york city that s the year i left without a sound there ll always be a little new york city in my heart though this country soul of mine i knew right from the start saints of stone are lonely in the old cathedral hall perhaps they knew before the rest that i had to leave it all that s the year my dream died in new york city that s the year i had to leave that town that s the year my dream died in new york city that s the year i left without a sound my dream died in new york city that s the year i that s the year my dream died in new york city that s the year i had to leave that town