If You Ever Leave Long Island

If you ever leave Long Island Take the turnpike headed west to go where I am Where you used to work that job up on Highland It might've felt dead end, but it kept you smiling And it kept the lights lit Another stint in rehab won't change your life And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness Another girl won't make it right And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness If you ever leave New York The place has stayed the same since you were born And Pilgrim State haunts you like a thorn But you gotta make it out if you're gonna make it If you're gonna make it Another stint in rehab won't change your life And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness Another girl won't make it right And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness You could come to California Leave your problems at the dock back in Bay Shore Let the ferry carry them out and sink its anchor It could take ya, it could take ya Why don't you come to California? Leave your problems at the dock back in Bay Shore Let the ferry carry them out and sink its anchor It could take ya, it could take ya Another stint in rehab won't change your life And if the Verrazano looks promising tonight I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness Another girl won't make it right And if the Throggs Neck is blowing up your line I'm begging you to just stay inside and ride out the sadness If you ever leave Long Island If you ever leave Long Island If you ever leave Long Island If you ever leave Long Island If you ever leave Long Island