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N.Y. Hotel Lyrics

This is our last goodbye
Now you should be holding me

Punkrock t-shirt, black cap and tatoo
The first things I noticed about you

Now you should be holding me
Now you should be holding me

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hallonsaft On Jul 03, 2005

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2005-07-03 15:31:26

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Cover art for N.Y. Hotel lyrics by Knife, The

by Gwirleybee

20y ago

Totally heartbreaking. PERFECT!

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by pikey_poke

19y ago

GREAT, GREAT song. it's sung so beautifully too. hard to find a recording online though.

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by Vielleruka

18y ago

I think they're breaking up, and she's recalling the same exact things that attracted her to him the first day she fell in love with him.

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by SecondFig

18y ago

agreed, a gorgeous song and a slow burner, not originally my favourite Knife song but after 7 years of listening to this album it's far and away my favourite song now. Beautiful

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by aicsyla

16y ago

this is a very beautiful song. I'm surprised that it's so underrated.

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by vyleboo

15y ago

It's a really beautiful, sad song. I think of Sid and Nancy when I hear this. After all, Nancy's murder did happen in a New York hotel.

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