NEW YORK CITY SONG
(Linda Hargrove)


Tanya Tucker - 1972
Linda Hargrove - 1973
Diana Trask - 1976





I'm sittin' in this New York City hotel room alone
Wishin' I was somewhere else or on my way back home
Nashville, Tennessee, I know that's where I do belong
'Cause I don't know no New York City song

They know I'm from Dixie when I open up my mouth
They don't treat the ladies here the way they do down South
I thought I could make it here, but I can't get along
'Cause I don't know no New York City song

And Lord, I'd like to tell you just how much I'd like to leave
'Cause in my mind that southbound song is tuggin' on my sleeve
New York City ain't the place a country girl should be
New York City ain't the place for me

Today I walked a New York City avenue downtown
I've never seen so many people hurryin' all around
And when I smile they look as if to say that smilin's wrong
No, I don't know no New York City song

I'm sittin' in this New York City hotel room alone
Wishin' I was somewhere else or on my way back home
Nashville, Tennessee, I know that's where I do belong
'Cause I don't know no New York City song
'Cause I don't know no New York City song






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2011)