If you ever leave Long Island
Take the turnpike headed west to go where I am
Where you used to work that job up on Highland
It might've felt dead end, but it kept you smiling
And it kept the lights lit
Another stint in rehab won't change your life
And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
Another girl won't make it right
And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
If you ever leave New York
The place has stayed the same since you were born
And Pilgrim State haunts you like a thorn
But you gotta make it out if you're gonna make it
If you're gonna make it
Another stint in rehab won't change your life
And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
Another girl won't make it right
And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
You could come to California
Leave your problems at the dock back in Bay Shore
Let the ferry carry them out and sink its anchor
It could take ya, it could take ya
Why don't you come to California?
Leave your problems at the dock back in Bay Shore
Let the ferry carry them out and sink its anchor
It could take ya, it could take ya
Another stint in rehab won't change your life
And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
Another girl won't make it right
And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line
I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness
If you ever leave Long Island
If you ever leave Long Island
If you ever leave Long Island
If you ever leave Long Island
If you ever leave Long Island