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 sleet
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 doesn't 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's 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 keep 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 love me
Above the sound and speed
With your love, what more do I need?