When my nerve wore down
I was a**ailed by simple little sounds
Hammer clangs, sirens in the park
Like I never heard New York
Blaring brakes, trapped trucks
Honking horns, hissing buses struck
Shrieking trains barreling berserk
Like I never heard New York
Like I never heard New York
When the room grew loud
I learned to stand in back, behind the crowd
Dam can*ls with cork
Like I never heard New York
But when the walls gave away
I had to flee, I had to back away
As the whole town barked
Like I never heard New York
Like I never heard New York