Lyrics to
New York Times

This version of New York Times was released by Cat Stevens in 1978.

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New York poor New York
New York poor New York

Cars choking your child to death
But you don’t wanna see
Cause you only think about yourself
How blind can you be

New York poor New York
Sniper on the rooftop New York
New York poor New York
Not fit for a dog in New York

Everybody bites on the Big Apple
Leave the hungry in tears
But no one gives a damn no one really cares
How they feel they’re just paper people not real

You need a gun to walk into New York

Now you’re broke and you’re out on a ledge
Who can help you this time
Now you’re down to your very last cent
Still you’re askin’ me who was your friend
I was your friend

New York poor New York
Who turned the lights out in New York

New York poor New York
Just another blackout in New York

Girl dead on the 26th floor
But no one knew her name
Found her body behind the door
Too young for the game

New York poor New York
Devils in the subway New York
New York poor New York
New York poor New York
Talkin talkin talkin – watch out
Harlem touching midtown New York
New York poor New York

Talkin ’bout New York New York
Money’s getting tighter New York
They’re burning the bridges to New York

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About Lyrics and New York Times by Cat Stevens

When you decide to study the lyrics to New York Times, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to New York Times have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to New York Times if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to New York Times" means the words set to the music of New York Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to New York Times and the lyrics to New York Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to New York Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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