My city's had a lot of trouble sleepin'She's up all nightBreakin' through the windows and the ceilin'sScrapin' stars from the skyAnd my city's made a habit out of cryin'All through the nightThey say she likes the harmony of sirensAnd the time of the traffic lightBut I love my cityMy sleepless cityI'll do her sleepin' for freeYeah, I love my cityMy sleepless cityYeah, she can do my cryin' for meMy city's pickin' fights across the waterWith the worn out moonAnd I watch her from honey colored cornerA quiet roomWhere I hung a little picture of my darlin'Black and whiteBut it's been fadin' on yellow wall in HarlemSince she left that nightBut I love my cityMy sleepless cityI'll do her sleepin' for freeYeah, I love my cityMy sleepless cityYeah, she can do my cryin' for meWell, I love my cityMy sleepless cityI'll do her sleepin' for freeYeah, I love my cityMy sleepless cityYeah, she can do my cryin' for meYeah, she can do my cryin' for meYeah, she can do my cryin' for me
