[ti:New York Is Killing Me] [ar:Gil Scott-Heron] [al:Pay Close Attention : XL Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]New York Is Killing Me - Gil Scott-Heron [00:09.21]Written by:Gil Scott-Heron [00:18.42]Yeah the doctors don't know but New York was killing me [00:23.43] [00:27.73]Bunch of doctors coming round they don't know [00:30.99]That New York is killing me [00:33.07] [00:36.78]Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in jackson tennessee [00:41.97] [00:46.10]Let me tell ya fast city ain't living all [00:48.71] [00:49.60]It's cracked up to be [00:51.41] [00:55.07]Fast city living it all [00:57.12] [00:59.10]It's cracked up to be [01:00.95] [01:04.36]Yes seem I need to go home [01:06.67] [01:07.35]And slow down in jackson tennessee [01:09.91] [01:41.64]Yes I lay down I lay down [01:43.89] [01:44.59]The doctor try to take it all in [01:47.25] [01:50.93]Yeah lay down lay down [01:53.00] [01:54.90]To try to take it all in [01:56.70] [01:58.69]Take it all in [01:59.61] [02:00.15]Yeah you got 8 million people [02:03.19]And I didn't have a single friend [02:06.41] [02:10.02]Don't you know don't you know [02:12.71] [02:13.48]New York was killing me [02:15.19] [02:18.68]Yes I was standing nearly dying here [02:21.66] [02:22.76]New York was killing me [02:24.53] [02:28.55]Seems like I need to start over [02:30.47] [02:31.17]And move back home in jackson tennessee [02:33.73] [02:38.63]Lord have mercy mercy on me [02:43.31] [02:46.67]Yeah lord have mercy have mercy on me [02:52.57] [02:56.21]Tell him to bury my body back home in jackson tennessee [03:01.45] [03:07.14]Yeah lord have mercy have mercy on me [03:11.43] [03:33.10]Yeah I need to be back home need to be back home [03:39.70]Need to be back home need to be back home yeah [03:42.98] [03:44.44]Born in chicago but I go home tennessee [03:48.51] [03:51.42]Yeah I born in chicago but I