I'm goin' back to new york city

I just can't wait no more for you

I got so lonely, sold what you gave me

'cept that raincoat, the famous blue.

And I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and broken hearts were home, and we were open all night long.

Maybe I'll go out chicago

Ain't that where the blues belong?

I heard you came by, shook up by the radio

Somethin' about the topback, wayfarers on.

But I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and broken hearts were home, and we were open all night long.

And all this must've been comin' a long, long time, 29 years of nerves on fire

Nobody came and nobody saw, made a wreck of myself with the headlights on

Worked these hands straight down the bone, carried the weight until the weight took over

Ended up standing at a fork in the road with you.

But I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and your crooked heart was my home, mmhmm...

And I will never know the town where you finally settled down

With the top back on a cadillac and your sunglasses on

And you can't make me whole, I have to find that on my own

But I held you, babe, a long, long time ago, and we were open all night long.