Piss, Shit, New York
Big grey town where the smell of shit stained walls is trumped only by the piss in the corner of the stairwell
Dirty ugly thing, lumbering towers and smoky sewers
Dangerous place, New York - place you could lose your wallet or your life
Musical New York though, sounds from spaces you wouldn't expect, basements, tenement windows, raindrops in a puddle
That's not really new york though - not anymore.
Starbucks new york, DSW shoes gleaming black and white stripes
No porn new york, no terrible bars, no smoky black walls echoing loud music
Ceilo Marquee, Aer new york pumping out euros instead of heroin addicts
police everywhere making you feel safe if you feel safe around police
tearing down those ugly projects new york to put up shiny condos
commerce, movement, forward, shiny new york
graffiti not on vans or subway cars but hanging in galleries or in homes on madison
condos, condos and where there's no condos put up malls new york
It can't be all that
can't just be turning into a huge suburb this is new york
The artists new york, they'll keep you running
keep running to be here with you
they'll keep you company new york you can house them somewhere
they'll wait your tables they'll write something for you
because they love you because they believe in you
They'll work - they'll keep working - they'll get jobs though real jobs
they won't wait your tables they'll help you market yourself new york
back to yourself and then
then they'll be old and you'll be older and safer until
people leave because they get bored because they can't find the real new york in there
and then maybe you'll let some dirt seep in
you'll find a few scratches on your mirrors
and poor people will come out from their hiding places
and someone will piss in your stairwells
and shit on your walls and the mayor will thank god for those brown streaks
returning gracefully to their proper place
and he'll claim that this this is new york
Dirty ugly thing, lumbering towers and smoky sewers
Dangerous place, New York - place you could lose your wallet or your life
Musical New York though, sounds from spaces you wouldn't expect, basements, tenement windows, raindrops in a puddle
That's not really new york though - not anymore.
Starbucks new york, DSW shoes gleaming black and white stripes
No porn new york, no terrible bars, no smoky black walls echoing loud music
Ceilo Marquee, Aer new york pumping out euros instead of heroin addicts
police everywhere making you feel safe if you feel safe around police
tearing down those ugly projects new york to put up shiny condos
commerce, movement, forward, shiny new york
graffiti not on vans or subway cars but hanging in galleries or in homes on madison
condos, condos and where there's no condos put up malls new york
It can't be all that
can't just be turning into a huge suburb this is new york
The artists new york, they'll keep you running
keep running to be here with you
they'll keep you company new york you can house them somewhere
they'll wait your tables they'll write something for you
because they love you because they believe in you
They'll work - they'll keep working - they'll get jobs though real jobs
they won't wait your tables they'll help you market yourself new york
back to yourself and then
then they'll be old and you'll be older and safer until
people leave because they get bored because they can't find the real new york in there
and then maybe you'll let some dirt seep in
you'll find a few scratches on your mirrors
and poor people will come out from their hiding places
and someone will piss in your stairwells
and shit on your walls and the mayor will thank god for those brown streaks
returning gracefully to their proper place
and he'll claim that this this is new york