New York doesn't remind me of you Unless I been drinking alone Or if with someother gal On the subway ride home Oh, New York doesn't remind me of you I never think of that Polk-a dot dress At the corner of Bowery and 3rd I don't remember those photo both pictures We threw in the river When they would't burn New York doesn't remind me of you Unless I been drinking alone New York doesn't remind me of you Or all of the ways that we tried Unless I get caught in the rain On the lower east side Oh, New York doesn't remind me of you I don't remember that letter You slipped in my pocket At St. Dymphna's Bar I never think of how tunnels and bridges Could make someone So goddamn close feel so far New york doesn't remind me of you Or all of the ways that we tried New York Doesn't Remind me of you Or how you said love doesn't last Unless I'm in Chinatown Chasing the ghost of your laugh Oh, New York Doesn't Remind me of you I never think about pocket watch promises Down at the 66th pier I don't remember that cobblestone waltz This is nobody's fault God I wish you were here New York Doesn't Remind me of you Or how you said love doesn't last I don't remember The way that you looked at me Brooklyn is blurry and Grammercy's gone The smell of the books at The Strand And that night on Randall's Island Oh baby where'd we go wrong New york doesn't remind me of you Unless I been Unless I been Drinking alone