you left me standing there at the top of the stoop of a federal brown stone you left me standing there with my heart in my hands at hudson barrow oh life didn t let me oh pity new york city you left us standing there in our favorite cafe le petite abeille i saw the future landscape of different families divided in two states oh life didn t let me oh pity new york city all those dreams on my sleeve star maker machinery looking down at me laughing at my idiocy all those dreams so naive what am i gonna do now i ve lost everything what am i gonna do now i ve lost everything in the same city in the same city that made me i left you wiser then with realizations of romance and sorrow i sailed up north again back to my homeland and left you forever oh she loved you didn t she oh pity new york city