One, two, three, four
Well I'm down now and unstable
Looking for somewhere to hide
Keep trying to do the best that I'm able
As I curse and I call out and cry
I raise my voice to the heavens
Asking God, "What is it for?"
It's all part of living up there, Western New York
I heard the battles rage in the bedroom
And the neighbors, they know me by name
Can I reach out and turn down the volume?
Their goddamn voices, they drive me insane
And the cops come in the gate on my front yard
To violently banging the door
It's all part of living up there in Western New York
Where I found my love
In a parking lot of a bar up in Buffalo
And now those midnight memories
Still follow wherever I go, oh, oh
The devil knows that I'm willing
To throw down and strike up a deal
I hear the cries, the hungry they're feeling
This old heart that no longer can feel
And I'm on the way to the Great Lakes
I'll crash into the end
Tearing away at the shore
Best start swimming up there in Western New York
And I found my love in the smoking room
With the fallin' from old Fredonia
And now our eyes open, jaws close
Sing to the Hallelujah
There's a place I dream of, the railroad
The snow and soil to the Earth
Where the hills rise up like my castle
And the valley is the place of my birth
And I know there is someone who cares
Waiting for me at the door
That's why I'm staying up there in Western New York
Up there in Western New York
Up there in Western New York
