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don’t leave new york city
stay and play a song with me
you’re so wrapped up in self-pity
playing sad songs absentmindedly

when i hear you play piano
i hear your minor sevenths muffled through the wall
sometimes i sit outside your door and listen in the hall

every day i pass you on the stairway
but i never catch your eye
i’d love to introduce myself
i know your name but i don’t think you know mine

i only know you from a letter
the mailman mistakenly returned to me
i felt guilty when i read it
but i let it get to me

don’t leave new york
don’t leave julliard
don’t go back to louisiana
stay and play piano and i’ll sing and play guitar

insufficient postage
caused your christmas card to return
the snow smeared the ink on the envelope
the return address was too blurry to discern

the mailman had the wrong apartment
when he brought it back i couldn’t help but read
there’s gotta be a reason that your message came to me

so your boyfriend’s in the navy
in every port you know he has a lady friend
your southern manners say stay faithful
but i know your heart will sail again

new year’s just around the corner
december came and christmas went so fast
kiss me underneath the fireworks
throw away the past