Story Behind the Song
On my last trip to New York to meet with the president of Largo Music INC. I Was innspired
To write this song after Walking all the way from China Town to Manhatan it took me five hours.
Lyrics
I’VE BEEN AROUND ENOUGH YOU KNOW
I’VE TRAVELED MANY ROADS,
I’VE SLEPT ALONG THE HIGHWAYS
AND LEFT BEHIND MY SONGS.
I WROTE ABOUT THE PLACES
THAT EMBRACED AND TOUCHED MY SOUL,
AND I ALWAYS HAD TO WRITE JUST ONE MORE SONG.
NEW YORK’S GOT A HOLD ON ME,
AND NO MATTER WHERE I GO
IN THIS WHOLE WORLD, DON’T YOU KNOW,
I WILL ALWAYS LEAVE MY HEART IN OLD NEW YORK.
TENNESSEE HAS COUNTRY SOUL
WITH MOUNTAINS AND BLUE SKIES,
TEXAS MAKES A MAN FEEL WHOLE
STRONG ENOUGH TO TRY.
LA MAKES YOU FEEL SO HIGH
YOU’LL WANT TO REACH THE STARS,
BUT I GUESS THAT I JUST GOT A ONE TRACK MIND.
NEW YORK’S GOT A HOLD ON ME
AND NO MATTER WHERE I GO,
IN THIS WHOLE WORLD DON’T YOU KNOW,
I WILL ALWAYS LEAVE MY HEART IN OLD NEW YORK.
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