Banks of the Hudson Lyrics

On the banks of the Hudson, my love and I lay down,
Just above 42nd street, while the rain was pouring down.
When I covered her with kisses, the sparks lit up her eyes,
We made love like mad angels, while the Jersey trucks rolled by.
She said, "Don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake's don't let me down,"
So I made her all kinds of promises, how I'd always be around,
But the speed was rippin' through my head, had only one thing on my mind,
So goodbye my love on 42nd Street, if I don't get out of here, I'm gonna die

On the banks of the Hudson, my love and I lay down.
Just one more midnight left to kill, then I'm outta New York town.
I could feel the ice man closin' in, I could almost smell his gun,
But that 20 grand I beat him out of would help me start again back home.
And she said, "Don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake's don't let me down,"
Then I thought about what they'd do to her when they found out I'd left town,
But the fire was racin' through my brain, had only one thing on my mind,
So goodbye my love on 42nd street, if I don't get out of here I'm gonna die.

Don't say I should have stayed with her,
You don't know the full story about the girl.
I only used her just as much as she used me,
But sometimes you just gotta get out of New York City.

But on the banks of the Hudson, my love and I lay down,
Just above 42nd street, while the rain was pouring down.
When I covered her with kisses, the sparks lit up her eyes,
We made love like mad angels, while the Jersey trucks rolled by.
And she said, "Don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake's don't let me down,"
But how could I ever take a black girl back to Wexford town.
Just then the streets of fire turned to blood, a yellow cadillac cruised by,
And as I raced up 42nd street, the ice man shouted,
"Hey paddy, it's time to die,"

It's time to,
it's time to die.