Name: Leaving New York
Channel: Ross Crean
Description: Free MP3 download. This track was recorded live at a double concert I performed in an abandoned church close to St. John the Divine in New York City. This song was an encore from the first night.

Free download

This track was recorded live at a double concert I performed in an abandoned church close to St. John the Divine in New York City. This song was an encore from the first night.

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Ross Crean

His fans have given him the title of being “the bastard son of Johnny Cash and Sarah McLachlan.” Deep and uniquely beautiful vocals are the forefront of Ross' a

His fans have given him the title of being “the bastard son of Johnny Cash and Sarah McLachlan.” Deep and uniquely beautiful vocals are the forefront of Ross' acoustic rock confessions.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic General

Charts

Peak #16

Peak in subgenre #2

Author

Ross Crean

Rights

Uploaded

May 14, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.7 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

This song is the description of how I was feeling being in New York after September 11th. Sometimes you need to be brave and say things first before anyone can tell you they feel the same way.

Lyrics

I want to leave New York.
Someone get me out of here.
I want the green pastures.
I want midnight on the pier.
I've got my bags all packed,
Called myself a taxi cab,
And once I'm past the city line
I'll have no wounds despite the scabs.

There's no reason to delay
Except the midnight cabarets,
But that's no incentive for me to stay.

I really love the city,
But I've never cared for Broadway.
And after a year of tragedy,
I still see doomsday on display.
I'm going to buy a car and drive down good ol' highway 55,
And the first town I find a friend
Is the town I'll spend the rest of my life.

There's no reason to delay,
Except I really want to stay,
But how can I do that when I'm so afraid.

I see courage in their eyes
And faith in a way I can't describe,
And that is the way I want to live my life.

I want to leave,
But I think I'll be hanging on
And not give in to cowardice.
Join the human race where I belong.
I know I'll have my doubts
That will make me want to stray,
But in the end I know
That this is where I'm going to stay.