No Better Place Lyrics - Welcome Interstate Managers - Fountains Of Wayne

Is that supposed to be your poker face 

Or was someone run over by a train 

And you were minding your own business 

But you're begging for forgiveness just the same 

And it's running back and forth inside your mind 

Just how that town defined you 

Dressed you up, painted your face 

And now you're leaving New York 

For no better place 

You're awake and trying not to be 

Wrapped around your pillow like a prawn 

And the nighttime's wrapped around you 

Will be until it drops you on the dawn 

>From the C train to the shiny tower 

Kicked around til happy hour found you 

Where you can drink that smirk right off your face 

And now you're leaving New York 

For no better place 

And here is your reflection 

In a building uptown 

A ghost inside some Madison Avenue display 

Like water under bridges 

You're slowly passing by 

As you sail between the rooftops and the sky 

And the bourbon sits inside me 

Right now I'm a puppet in its sway 

And it may be the whiskey talking 

But the whiskey says I miss you every day 

So I taxi to an all-night party 

Park me in the corner in an old chair 

Sip my drink and stare out into space 

And now you're leaving New York 

For no better place