Once I hated this city

Now it can't get me down


Slushy, humid and gritty


What a pretty town




What thought I could be duller


More depressing, less gay

Now my favorite color


Is gray




A wall of rain as it turns to sleep


The lack of sun on a one-way street


I love the grime all the time

And what more do I need?





My window pane has a lovely view

An inch of sky and a fly or two


Why I can see half a tree


And what more do I need?




The dusk is thick and it's galling


It simply can't be excused

In winter even the falling snow looks


Used




My window pane may not give much light


But I see you, so the view is bright


If I can love you, I'll pay the dirt no heed

With your love what more do I need?





Someone shouting for quiet

Someone starting a brawl


Down the block there's a riot


And I'll buy it all




Listen now, I'm ecstatic


Hold me close and be still

Hear the lovely pneumatic


Drill




A subway train thunders through the Bronx

A taxi horn on the corner honks

But I adore every roar


And what more do I need?




I hear a crane making street repairs

A two ton child running wild upstairs

Steam pipes bang, sirens clang


And what more do I need?



The neighbors yell in the summer


The landlord yells in the fall

So loud I can't hear the plumber

Pound the wall




An aeroplane roars across the bay

But I can hear you as clear as day

You said you loved me


Above the sound and speed

With your love what more do I need?