In New York

C E7 Am D7 In New York, I ride the train F G C with headphones and my tunes, C E7 Am D7 because I'm depressed and life is pain, F G C plus it keeps away the loons. F7 C7 So my favorite bands, they get me through my commute F7 A7 G7 and I keep the world at the bay as I keep on my root, C E7 Am D7 Because in New York, my headphones play, F G C some song that goes like this: C F G Am Bbmaj7 You're alone, your friends, they're gone, C F G Am Bbmaj7 So you're alone, your friends, they're gone, C F G Am Bbmaj7 So you're alone, your friends, they're gone, C F G So you're alone, so alone, C E7 Am D7 Then some barbershop quartet F G C walks through the subway door, C E7 Am D7 They do a song and I get upset, F G C 'cause I can't hear my tunes anymore, F7 C7 Then I say "Thank god, I'm getting off at Union Square" F7 A7 G7 but when I reach the station, there's another quartet there, C E7 Am D7 Because in New York, they're everywhere, F G C singing crap like this: C Knot, knot, F G Tie a knot, knot around, Am Who you love, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good, C Knot, knot, F G Tie a knot, knot around, Am Who you love, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good, C Knot, knot, F G Tie a knot, knot around, Am Who you love, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good, G And I'm trying to listen to the music on my headphones, F But the songs together, they just go: N.C. *improvised musical mess/screaming* F G I'm trying to focus on sad, sad world on my headphones, But they're messing it up, and now it's all just: N.C. *improvised musical mess/screaming* Csus4 C But then something weird happens, for a moment, Csus4 C For a moment, something weird, The: C F G Am You're alone, your friends, they're gone, Bbmaj7 Syncs up with, C Knot, knot, F G Tie a knot, knot around, Am Who you love, Bbmaj7 And uh-hold on for good And it becomes: C F You're not not alone, G Am Tie a knot knot around your friends who you love, Bbmaj7 They're gonna hold on for good C F G Am Bbmaj7 And I'm trying to be pessimist but I can't, I can't because, C F G Am Bbmaj7 Suddenly there's music no one's ever heard before, C F G Am Csus4 Suddenly there's music no one's ever heard before, before, C E7 A7 D7 And I'm thankful for moments like this, F G C when two musics combine, C E7 A7 D7 When the "Thump-a-Thump" of a stranger's heart F G C thumps along with mine.