Story Behind The Song
Based on visits to New York
Song Description
The other references are about people adapting to the situations that they are forced into.
| Song Length |
4:20 |
Genre |
Rock - New Wave, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Cross |
Subject |
Economics, General |
| Similar Artists |
Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
NEW YORK
CHORUS
This is New York, This is New York, This is New York
Tooth and Claw
VERSE
A Boxer on the street, plastic statue in his fist, a cell phone at his feet, blood spraying in a mist,
But these are not scars these are souvenirs, this is not blood this is life, this is not hate it is experience
CHORUS
VERSE
A taxi driver looks behind, a tourist walks away, he didn't mean to be unkind a city works that way
This is not crime this is education, this is not sin, this is life, this is not wrong this is moral adjustment
CHORUS
MIDDLE 8
And the people on the street are just trying to live their lives,
Gulliani cleaned the streets but he couldn't clean the lies
CHORUS
Repeat to refrain and fade
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Mike Land
2009