Passenger - Riding To New York lyrics

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I met him in Minnesota, he was dark and overcast

With long, grey hair and eyes that stared through me like I was glass

I asked 'where are you going to?'

He said, 'I'm the wind, I'm just blowing through'

He lit up a cigarette and began to talk

Said 'the doctors told me that my body won't hold me

My lungs are turning black

Been a lucky strike's fool since I was at school

And there ain't no turning back'

They can't tell me how long I've got

Maybe months but maybe not

So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

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Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time

Hold her close and feel her tiny heartbeat next to mine

Wanna see my son and the man he's become

Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done

And I'd do it if I had to walk

Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

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Through the forests of Wisconsin that I knew as a boy

Past the sky line of Chicago, round the lakes of Illinois

I lay my head in a motel bed where my back is sore and my eyes turn red

Listen to the trucks roll past my door

Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold

I run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold

And fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turnpike tolls

And I won't stop till I get to New York

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Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time

Hold her close and feel her tiny heartbeat next to mine

Wanna see my son and the man he's become

Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done

And I'd do it if I had to walk

Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

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And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time

Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me the best years of my life

And I'd do it if I had to walk

Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk

I'm taking this bike and riding to New York