Oh, the city snow makes your brown eyes shine
We've gotta look real hard to find a reason to cry
New York, New York is a friend of the traveling kind

And I'm coming around from years of hard times
He's chased me down through the towns and the miles
Once stilled by love he was bound to roll on by

And if you feel my love won't leave you
And if your sorrow has been your share
If you are traveling back to Georgia
Won't you take me with you there

Well, I'm long gone darling, lonesome blue
I been thinking of leaving, I been thinking of you
But that big city singing, man, I like the way that it shines

I was half a mile from Canada waiting on a train
Wondering and wishing I could disappear again
I been killed by love 'til it takes me to the end of the line

And if you feel my love won't leave you
And if your sorrow has been your share
If you are traveling back to Georgia
Won't you take me with you there

Well, I've been troubled by a love untrue
He's a fool who'll drown in his fountain of youth
I can see that now as I'm walking and talking with you

Well, I've been blinded by the sun, washed in the rain
Scattered in America, I'm scattering again
But if you're going south, darling, I guess I'm traveling with you

And if you feel my love won't leave you
And if your sorrow has been your share
If you are traveling back to Georgia
Won't you take me with you there

And if you feel my love won't leave you
And if your sorrow has been your share
If you are traveling back to Georgia
Won't you take me with you there

Take me with you
Oh, won't you take me home