Quite simply it seems that the artist knew that he had to leave to get his break in the music biz in the Apple of decay (NYC). He wants to start a life for his lady and himself ("I'm looking out for the two of us") and hopes they are both in NYC in music when the record company is "through with us".
Quite simply it seems that the artist knew that he had to leave to get his break in the music biz in the Apple of decay (NYC). He wants to start a life for his lady and himself ("I'm looking out for the two of us") and hopes they are both in NYC in music when the record company is "through with us".