New Amsterdam Lyrics

Ilse Delange New Amsterdam

We were busy closing down
The only open bar we found
The lights went up and they kicked us out
You kissed me on a corner in Chinatown

We got saved by a gypsy cab
And that bottle of Johnnie Red you had
Your hair messed up, your shoes untied
I watched you sleeping in the morning light

Now a different sun is sinking in the west
Now a different heart is beating in my chest

I tried and tried and tried again
But I can't get back to New Amsterdam
But I can't get back to New Amsterdam

Down by the bridge on the Lower East Side
Watching as the river goes rolling by
Did you lose me, or did I lose you
Suppose it all depends on your point of view

Now all these downtown streets still look the same
Guess it ain't the bricks and stones that change

I tried and tried and tried again
But I can't get back to New Amsterdam
I tried and tried and tried again
But I can't get back to New Amsterdam