She rolled into the city in a Cadillac
She couldn’t find a parking space
She sent it back
Now she rides the cabbies ’bout their foreign names
They think she’s kidding, but it’s all the same
I ride my bicycle down her street
Past her apartment, try to take a peek
Through her open window, she sings a song
I have to listen, gotta sing along
New York City’s big
(Like Cannonball Adderley)
From the subway down below
(Rumble of a downtown train)
To the skyscrapers above
I’m almost falling in love
She likes the jazz, she likes the prose
She reads about it while I paint her toes
I didn’t plan to stay this long
Can’t shake the feeling that it all seems wrong
At Yankee Stadium, beneath the lights
I had an epiphany that set me right
I’d stay a little longer ’til the crowd wound down
Then hit Penn Station for a train northbound
New York City’s big
(Like Cannonball Adderley)
From the subway down below
(Rumble of a downtown train)
To the skyscrapers above
I’m almost falling in love
credits
from Older Songs,
track released December 27, 2009
Written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Peter LaQuerre. Track image from Apple Maps.
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