Lyrics

[Verse 1] I can't remember the last time I got myself into this much trouble It's been at the very least a couple of years I walk around with her name always on the tip of my tongue And her laughter ringing loud in my ears I don't know if I've ever been pointed this far downward Like a dog without a bone, without a clue I'm no stranger to misreading but I got the strangest feeling That she feels the same things too [Chorus] She's holding a torch like a guiding light So high into the sky and the night I don't know if I should flee or if I should fight But I'll surely die if I don't make her mine And soon the chance will go up and a band will tune And a young girl in blue steps in new dancing shoes But I'm stuck in New York pulling a chord Singing Lady Liberty's blues Lady Liberty's blues Lady Liberty's blues [Verse 2] I guess I was about twenty-two When I gave up on being jealous But lately I've been feeling just like a kid I'm sick of always knowing where she's always going Where she's been, what she's doing What she did [Chorus] She's holding a torch like a guiding light So high into the sky and the night I don't know if I should flee or if I should fight But I'll surely die if I don't make her mine And soon the chance will go up and a band will tune And a young girl in blue steps in new dancing shoes But I'm stuck in New York pulling a chord Singing Lady Liberty's blues And it wouldn't be so bad, it wouldn't be so sad If she'd stayed just out of my reach And it wouldn't hurt so bad, I wouldn't yearn so bad If she just stayed out of my dreams Sometimes you got something desperate And the only way you can share it Is to step to the middle of the street and scream it aloud But if I did that, I'd break every window Clean from here to Fort Greene park And all night long, you'd hear those car alarms singing out [Chorus] She's holding a torch like a guiding light So high into the sky and the night I don't know if I should flee or if I should fight But I'll surely die if I don't make her mine And soon the chance will go up and a band will tune And a young girl in blue steps in new dancing shoes But I'm stuck in New York pulling a chord Singing Lady Liberty's blues Yes, I'm stuck in New York, pulling a chord Singing Lady Liberty's blues Lady Liberty's blues Lady Liberty's blues Lady Liberty's blues, alright