[00:00.00]New York, NY 10009 - Black 47
[00:05.10]Got into town on a Saturday night
[00:07.09]
[00:08.37]With a fender guitar and I checked out the sights
[00:11.20]
[00:11.90]And I drank my way down to the lower east side
[00:14.24]
[00:14.88]'Coz I was nuts about thunders and suicide
[00:17.43]
[00:19.13]Then I formed a band called the major thinkers
[00:21.39]
[00:21.94]With a couple of musicians and some heavy drinkers
[00:25.09]
[00:26.03]And I went up to max's and I said
[00:27.95]Hey man I'm gonna blow your club right off the map
[00:31.87]
[00:34.46]New York New York what have you done
[00:37.12]
[00:38.30]You've wrecked me 'til I have become
[00:40.34]
[00:42.38]Half the man I might have been
[00:44.39]
[00:45.40]Half the hero of my dream
[00:48.00]
[00:48.79]New York New York it's over now
[00:51.55]
[00:52.47]You beat me still I know somehow
[00:54.85]
[00:56.52]Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong
[00:58.94]
[00:59.49]Just to show you I was right all along
[01:02.60]
[01:15.66]Well I met Sheila down at Blanche's bar
[01:17.97]
[01:18.65]She was dressed all in black and her heart was a scar
[01:22.35]She took me back to avenue c
[01:25.20]
[01:25.74]How we were happy there her and me
[01:28.56]
[01:29.42]'Til a man from the black rock saw the band
[01:32.66]And he said hey you dudes are just sizzling hot and
[01:35.87]
[01:36.63]We're gonna cut a record and gonna make you all stars
[01:39.73]
[01:40.38]But first things first sign your soul away here
[01:42.92]
[01:45.36]New York New York what have you done
[01:48.12]
[01:49.21]You've wrecked me 'til I have become
[01:51.43]
[01:53.40]Half the man I might have been
[01:55.37]
[01:56.36]Half the hero of my dream
[01:58.90]
[01:59.69]New York New York it's over now
[02:02.63]
[02:03.41]You beat me still I know somehow
[02:05.71]
[02:07.39]Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong
[02:09.71]
[02:10.22]Just to show you I was right all along
[02:13.60]
[02:40.69]Yeah we cut a song about avenue b
[02:43.23]
[02:43.84]And the boxes boomed it all over the streets
[02:46.75]
[02:47.70]But the record company had us screwed us all up
[02:51.09]And Sheila went off and joined the scientology church
[02:53.97]
[02:54.88]Then mike stopped a bullet in Staten Island
[02:57.56]
[02:58.46]And my whole world turned ultra violent
[03:01.13]
[03:01.89]But there's one last thing I just gotta see through
[03:05.13]There's one last thing I gotta say to you
[03:08.19]
[03:16.18]Sheila baby give me one more chance
[03:18.89]
[03:19.52]I've just gone and formed black '47
[03:21.89]
[03:22.77]I don't care about the money and you can keep the fame
[03:26.51]I just wanna beat this city at its own dumb game
[03:29.94]
[03:31.70]New York New York what have you done
[03:34.48]
[03:35.48]You've wrecked me 'til I have become
[03:37.68]
[03:40.16]Half the man I might have been
[03:41.81]
[03:42.64]Half the hero of my dream
[03:44.93]
[03:45.96]New York New York it's over now
[03:48.91]
[03:49.77]You beat me still I know somehow
[03:52.24]
[03:53.75]Just for once I'm gonna prove you wrong
[03:56.05]
[03:56.76]Just to show you I was right all along