| New York was a dirty place |
| Everything was out of sorts |
| Just another bastard kid |
| And I never went back, never went back to Whitestone |
| Another supermarket chain |
| A little something for the pain |
| Everybody looks the same |
| And I never went back, never went back to Whitestone |
| And I didn’t do it for the money |
| I was only doing what I liked |
| And I’m so sad for you, honey |
| The streets were like the Cretin hop |
| Disco blasting on the block |
| Got beat up in a parking lot |
| And I never went back, never went back to Whitestone |
| Graveyards and the factories |
| Archie Bunker bigotry |
| In the shadow of the world’s fair |
| And I never went back, never went back to Whitestone |
| And I didn’t want to hurt nobody |
| I was only doing what was right |
| And I’m so sad for you, honey |
| Waiting on a midnight bus |
| To get me to the seven train |
| Running from the chicken hawks |
| And I never went back, never went back to Whitestone |
| And I didn’t do it for the money |
| I was only doing what I liked |
| And I’m going back to New York City |