Song Description
New York City
Song Length |
4:47 |
Genre |
Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Cool |
Subject |
General |
Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
One Hell Of A City
Words and Music by Jeff Hsin
Copyright 2006 Jeff Hsin
Verse 1
I'm warming up to the daily
Auto-symphony's atonal pitch
I half run to the ferry
As dawn slowly takes the cloak off the Brooklyn Bridge
It feels like I"m sailing
On gold-plated seas
Cross-town to Lex and fourties
Grand Central is swarmed with suits who have somewhere to be
Corporate femmes in their stockings
And high heels are tapping along a street performer's steel drum beat
While some guy in rags is talking
About Christianity
Pre-Chorus 1
Officer says...
Wake up, we're at your stop, step out
It's time to show the world why you're here and what you're all about
Who says that space is running out
We're building up to an endless sky
That's why you hear me say
Chorus
Hey, you know I'm in one hell of a city
Not Chicago, L.A.
No I'm talking New York City
Where all you needs the subway
Blue, shiny, plastic seats and her automatic voice will do
(alternative verse: The MTA can take me where ever I'm going to)
Verse 2
Union Square down on fourteenth
Is packed with neighbors bathing in a summer breeze
Some are reading paper stories
While some are half-concious in a spliffy dream
Laid back with no worries
At least temporarily
Pre-Chorus 2
Old black guy with a cane says...
Wake up, hey what you dreaming about
It's time to show the world why you're here and what you're all about
Who says that space is running out
We're building up to an endless sky
That's why you hear me say
Bridge
I'm showered in Time Square Lights
It feels like
I'm part of that clueless tourist scene
Oh my how the time goes by it seems like
Red Apples keep dropping constantly
(repeat 2x)