Lyrics New York - Live From The Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA / 2001 - U2

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 of the hard sell
Voices down the 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 hairdryer in your face
Hot as a handbag and a can of mace
New York, I just got a place in New York

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
New York
New York

The Irish have been coming here for years
Acting like they own the place
They got the airport, city hall
Concrete, asphalt, 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 New York

New York, New York
New York, New York
New York
New York
New York

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
Yeah, I'm still afloat
You lose your balance, lose your wife
In the queue for the lifeboat
Gotta put the women and children first
But you've got an unquenchable thirst for New York

New York, New York
New York
New York, New York
New York

In the stillness of the evening
When the sun has had its day
I thought I heard you whispering
Come away child
New York

New York
New York
New York