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IN THE STYLE OF
JIM BRUCE

KEY OF (A) TIME 311

8 BAR INTRO
THE THINGS WERE
SPINNIM
'ROUND ME
AND ALL MY THOUGHTS
WERE CLOUDY
BEEN IN SO MANY
PLACES
YOU KNOW I'VE RUN

SO MANY RACES
AND LOOKED INTO
THE EMPTY FACES
OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE NIGHT
AND SOMETHING
IS JUST NOT RIGHT
DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT I GOTTA GET OUT
OF HERE
'CAUSE NEW YORK'S
NOT MY HOME
THOUGH ALL THE STREETS
ARE CROWDED
THERE'S SOMETHING
STRANGE ABOUT IT
I THOUGHT I'D MAKE
THE BIG TIME
I LEARNED A LOT
OF LESSONS
AWFUL QUICK
AND NOW
PM TELLIN' YOU
THAT THEY WERE NOT
THE NICE KIND
AND ITS BEEN SO LONG
SINCE I HAVE FELT FINE
THAT'S THE REASON
THAT I GOTTA GET OUT
OF HERE
DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT I GOTTA GET OUT
OF HERE
'CAUSE NEW YORK'S
NOT MY HOME
20 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL

BREAK
THAT'S THE REASON
THAT I GOTTA GET OUT
OF HERE
I'M SO ALONE
DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT I GOTTA GET OUT
OF HERE
'CAUSE NEW YORK'S
NOT MY HOME
W ritcen By

CROCE PUBLISHING (ASCAPJ

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Title
New York's Not My Home
Artist
Jim Croce
Brand
Chart Buster
(7 Other Versions)
Code
CB90204-14
Genres
blues, folk, folk rock, singer songwriter, soft rock, traditional folk