the whiskey works the same in new york city

High dive like a stone and I’m sinking

Cab fare just to drive me to drinking

Concrete and the coffee you’re spilling

Cold feet and the time that you’re killing

CHORUS

Whiskey works the same in New York City

New York City keeps on filling it up for me

Ain’t got it you ain’t gonna get it

Ain’t hot it’ll burn if you let it

Keep writing your name in the gutter

One night it’s the same as another

Slow down, gonna get to it quicker 

Downtown with a head full of liquor

Too late for a break in the weather

Someday, it’s still better than never