Ooh! Get me away from here, I'm dying Play me a song to set me free Nobody writes them like they used to So it may as well be me Here on my own now after hours Here on my own now on a bus Think of it this way You could either be successful or be us With our winning smiles, and us With our catchy tunes, and us Now we're photogenic You know, we don't stand a chance
Oh, that wasn't what I mean to say at all From where I'm sitting, rain Washing against the lonely tenement Has set my mind to wander Into the windows of my lovers They never know unless I write "This is no declaration, I just thought I"d let you know goodbye" Said the hero in the story "It is mightier than swords I could kill you sure But I could only make you cry with these words"
Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July
I had a firecracker waiting to blow
Breakin' like a rocket who makin' its way
To the cities of Mexico
Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A
I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th
Had myself a lover who was finer than gold
But I've broken up and busted up since
And love don't play any games with me
Anymore like she did before
The world won't wait, so I better shake
That thing right out there through the door
Hell, I still love you, New York
Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds
Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good
Still amazed I didn't lose it on the roof of the place
When I was drunk and I was thinking of you
Every day the children they were singing their tune
Out on the streets and you could hear from inside
Used to take the subway up to Houston and 3rd
I would wait for you and I'd try to hide
And love won't play any games with me
Anymore if you don't want it to
The world won't wait and I watched you shake
But honey, I don't blame you
Hell, I still love you, New York
Hell, I still love you, New York
New York
I remember Christmas in the blistering cold
In a church on the upper west side
Babe, I stood their singing, I was holding your arm
You were holding my trust like a child
Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B
But I tried to keep the overhead low
Farewell to the city and the love of my life
At least we left before we had to go
And love won't play any games with you
Anymore if you want 'em to
So we better shake this old thing out the door
I'll always be thinkin' of you
I'll always love you though New York
I'll always love you though New York, New York, New York
I've never met Mr.Zimmerman. I don't know him. Maybe no one knows him.
If I ever met Mr.Zimmerman, I probably wouldn't like him. And if Mr.Zimmerman ever met me... well he wouldn't.
But damn it, Mr.Zimmerman and I are alike. We seek attention, and acceptance, and people, and when we get it we seek to be alone. We are on a perpetual journey in search of home. And home is a powerful idea. More powerful than money or fame. Anyone who feels at home does not strive. Home is content. To achieve, you have to be hungry - and you're not hungry at home.
Mr.Zimmerman says he believes in changing. And he changed. And changes all the time. I too change. I change like he did. I hate to be defined. To be explained. We love to bleed life. And there's no categorizing that. Mr.Zimmerman, I too care so deeply for the masses, but individuals... they're just too hard. But we still do.
I accept now that there is no one person we want to be. I can't strive for one thing, when tomorrow I'll encompass someone else - but that's what keeps us moving. Constant, directionless, with-no-finish-line-in-sight progress. But not for the sake of progress. But for the sake of journey.
Yes, Mr.Zimmerman and I will never meet. But we have already. And so many along with us. I believe that not wanting to be with someone does not mean that I look down on you. But that you have your way and I have mine. And I don't need a reason not be your friend. And I hope you have a reason to be mine. Even if that reason is no reason at all.
Yes, Mr.Zimmerman and I now understand each other. And logic has nothing to do with that one thing we'll never get right -