New York Inside My Head

(Holland/Partridge)

Sense & Sensuality

Recordings Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version, 4'14.
   Co-written by Nicky Holland and Andy Partridge.
   Performed by Nicky Holland.
   Released in June 1997 on the Nicky Holland album Sense & Sensuality in the U.K.

Art

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Lyrics

A stranger in the strangest land
The ballast from the boat
December's icy fingers steal inside my winter coat
The churches of high commerce
Lock and bolt their lofty doors
Their congregations journey home past beggars, thieves and whores
I find myself quite lost in streets
Where angels fear to tread
The seeds of Eden in my hand
New York inside my head

Climbing Jacob's ladder
Where the buildings spear the sky
The stars will peak (sic) out from the wounds and blind the passersby
I kneel in prayer on Broadway
Like I did beside your bed
The sleeper stirring in my soul
New York inside my head

And th girl with the torch
Lights the way to my room up on Hopeful Street
And the man on the one dollar bill
Keeps the house where the pilgrims meet
And the snow falls down on Central Park
And covers every blade

I find myself quite lost in streets
Where angels fear to tread
As fools rush in for all their sins
To steal their daily bread
And although England holds my heart
I'm soil rich blood-red
I can't forget your tear-stained face
New York inside my head

[transcribed by Andy Miller]
1997 EMI Virgin Music, Inc./Go Dutch Music/EMI Virgin Music Ltd./EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.

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