Lyrics

A Day in the City

(Music - M. Novak, Lyrics - M. Novak, C. Webster)

Trash cans are empty it’s a brand new day
The sun is shining it’s time to make hay
Ride to the shelter bikes are free
Tents are on fire all clowns flee

Coffee shop patrons laugh easily
One dozen bagels with an extra one free
I jump in my Hummer and burn a dinosaur
Forward or reverse it’s always either or

CHORUS:
A day in the city is never the same
A day in the city routine not present in this game
A day in the city phone zombies roam
Never looking up the screen is their home
A day in the city boom bang crunch
They only look up when it’s time for lunch

Enter the building the lift is a crush
Delays of the city zombies always in a rush
Work demand that both hands be free
When one phone rings all ask “Is it for me”

Office in the clouds windows of delight
Are never looked through celestial blight
When the work day is over a muffled scream
Reverse morning steps back to the glow of the screen


CHORUS:

Night in the city has it’s own glow
Night creatures arrive to dine and to show
It’s all carefully planned this mating display
The façade that they wear is different than day

The dance is on the sweat turns to steam
Wanting it all to be real but it’s mostly a dream
The night concludes and nothing is gained
Home to the phone where they remain