I can't explain it
This yearning feeling
There's no escaping
Keeps creeping back in
‘Round every corner
Every stone turned over
Maybe I'm meant to be in New York

There's someone out there
Inside the mirror
Her plan is grand and
Her mind is clearer
Behind the curtain
Living a life I wanted
Maybe I'm meant to be in
New York
New York
New York

Oh, where the future's bright
The grass looks so much greener under neon lights
Oh, where the seasons change
And everyone goes west to beat the cold
The ground beneath me is always shaking
The roads have cracks and
The sidewalk's breaking
And should the big one
Send the palm trees falling
I'd feel much safer out in New York

Oh, out there I'll find myself
See how all my things look on a different shelf
Oh, I will have my own place
And someone down the hall who also calls it home
I can't explain it
This yearning feeling
I didn't choose it
It didn't choose me
‘Round every corner
Every stone turned over
Is telling me to go to New York
Maybe I'll find myself in New York
Maybe I'm meant to be in New York