Intro :   (2x)                 in new york freedom looks like    too many choices in new york i found a friend to drown out the other voices voices on the cell phone voices from home voices through the hard sell voices down a stairwell in new york just got a place in new york      in new york summers get hot well into the hundreds you can't walk around the block without a change of clothing hot as a hair dryer in your face hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york i just got a place in new york    new york (new york) new york     in new york you can forget forget how to sit still tell yourself you will stay in but it's down to alphaville     new york  new york new york                 new york new york                new york a-ooo        the irish 'been coming here for years feel like they own the place they got the airport city hall asphalt dance floor they even got the police irish italians jews and hispanics religious nuts political fanatics in the stew (living) happily not like me and you that's where i lost you in new york  new york new york in new york  new york new york new york a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo new york a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo             in new york i lost it all to  you and your vices still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis i hit an iceberg in my life you know i'm still afloat you lose your balance lose your wife in the queue for the lifeboat you've got to put the women and children first but you've got an unquenchable thirst for new york      new york   new york      new york new york in the stillness of the evening when the sun has had its day i heard your voice a-whispering come away now new    new york new-ooo-ooo new      york a-ooo-o-o-ooo new york