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 Intro

Well I'm on a plane heading to New York

To see my sister I don't really know what I'm heading for

Well that's just like me to leave my friends behind holding hands

 At least holding hands in my eyes

 And it's hard, hard when you don't know why you're leaving

 Listen its so, so hard but there's 3000 miles from Balham to Brooklyn

I remember the day that she said to me

You can take this magic marker and draw yourself a door

And through the door you can take yourself to a better place

A better place you've been longing for

 And it's hard, hard when you don't know why you're leaving

 Yes and its so, so hard but there's 3000 miles from Balham to Brooklyn

All day, all night you try you try but you don't really know

 where you're going

All day, all night you try you try but you don't really know

 where you are

 And it's hard, hard when you don't know just why you're leaving

 Yes and its so, so hard but there's 3000 miles from Balham to Brooklyn