Here I am in the streets of the city
Subway steam rising from the ground
My stomach's hungry, my face is dirty
Is this what it's all about
Taxi moves by into the night
She sheds a tear in the passenger seat
She just learned that her boyfriend left her yesterday
But around the corner, on the second floor
I had it made in my younger days
I felt the glory, I tasted the pain
Who ever said it was
Easy to survive in a world like this
Where the neon lights, they shed their light
On the mystery all around
And the city beat has got me tryin'
City rhythm keepn' time
Try to understand, Try to understand,
In Chinatown, the streets are dirty
My SOHO nights spent all alone
But the Uptown ladies love to chew the bone (if you got the bucks)
Just bring em back, dead or alive
In this world where you're tryin to survive
In a land where you're tryin to fight the streets to the bitter end
And the city beat has got me tryin'
City rhythm keepn' time
Try to understand, Try to understand,
Who ever said it was
Who ever said it was
Who ever said it was
Who ever said it was
Easy to survive in a world like this
Where the neon lights, they shed their light
On the mystery all around"