Shattered shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams Are still surviving on the street Look at me - I'm in tatters! I'm a shattered. Shattered Friends are so alarming And my lover's never charming Life's just a cocktail party - on the street Big Apple People dressed in plastic bags Directing traffic Some kind of fashion Shattered Laughter joy and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex Look at me - I'm in tatters I 'm a shattered Shattered All this chitter-chatter chitter-chatter chitter-chatter 'bout Shmatta shmatta shmatta -- I can't give it away on 7th Avenue This town's been wearing tatters (shattered shattered) Work and work for love and sex Ain't you hungry for success success success success Does it matter? (Shattered) Does it matter? I'm shattered. Shattered Ahhh look at me - I'm a shattered I'm a shattered Look at me - I'm a shattered yeah Pride and joy and greed and sex That's what makes our town the best Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street and look at me - i'm in tatters yeah I've been battered what does it matter Does it matter uh-huh Does it matter uh-huh I'm a shattered Don't you know the crime rate is going up up up up up! To live in this town you must be tough tough tough tough tough! You got rats on the west side Bed bugs uptown What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered My brain's been battered - splattered - all over Manhattan Uh-huh This town's full of money grabbers Go ahead Bite the Big Apple don't mind the maggots huh Shadoobie My brain's been battered My friends they come around they Flatter flatter flatter flatter flatter flatter flatter! Pile it up pile it high on the platter