I can't walk down these streets And see all these signs Without you on my mind Remembering all the days The New York cliches Those late downtown nights Everywhere I go I can't help but notice I wouldn't know you if I'd never come here I lie awake in the city that never sleeps Tryna forget about you and me But it's all that I can see I lie awake in the city of broken dreams The city of how we used to be Wish I could see it differently Oh, but it's covered in you and me I guess I won't be getting any sleep 'Till I leave I can't focus like I should My vision's obscured By fucking memory lane Oh, suppose the work does me good But I'd go if I could Cause it don't feel the same to lie awake In the city that never sleeps Tryna forget about you and me But it's all that I can see I lie awake in the city of broken dreams The city of how we used to be Wish I could see it differently Oh, but it's covered in you and me I guess I won't be getting any sleep 'Till I leave 'Till I leave Darkness falls under all of the lights Got that empire state playing tricks on my mind You and your ghosts follow me through the night It haunts me inside I just can't close my eyes I lie awake in the city that never sleeps Tryna forget about you and me But it's all that I can see I lie awake in the city of broken dreams The city of how we used to be Wish I could see it differently Oh, but it's covered in you and me I guess I won't be getting any sleep