Next Time In New York

(album: The Modern Western World - 2022)

One block out of Tompkins Square
And two blocks where Astor Place ends
This coffee shop employee looks just like Erlend Øye
And someday we could probably be friends

Sometimes there's a grander design
I'll leave with no discernible end
Flying back and forth from the driftless north
Until I see you somewhere again

Freeze frame from the subway train
And marvel at the scale of it all
At Bushwick Inlet Park
The sky growing dark
I'll be somewhere else in the fall

Some songs might help you along
In trying times of rapid decline
The autobiographic way to get through the day
And tell you that I need you mine

Browsing floors inside a crowded store
I know we can't afford
Next time in New York
We've seen it all before
I'd do it again

Love like yours it leaves me out of sorts
And I need nothing more
Next time in New York
We've seen it all before
The view at the end

Browsing floors inside a crowded store
I know we can't afford
Next time in New York
We've seen it all before
I'd do it again

Love like yours it leaves me out of sorts
And I need nothing more
Next time in New York