Once I hated this city
Now it can't get me down
Slushy, humid and gritty
What a pretty
Town!
What, thought I, could be duller
More depressing, less gay?
Now my favorite color
Is gray!

A wall of rain as it turns to sleet
The lack of sun
On a one-
Way street
I love the grime all the time
And what more do I need?

My window pane has a lovely view
An inch of sky
And a fly
Or two
Why, I can see
Half a tree
And what more do I need?

The dusk is thick and it's galling
It simply can't be excused
In winter even the falling
Snow looks used
My window pane may not give much light
But I see you
So the view
Is bright
If I can love you
I'll pay the dirt no heed!
With your love, what more do I need?

Someonе shouting for quiet
Someone's starting a brawl
Down thе block there's a riot
And I'll buy it
All!

Listen, now I'm ecstatic
Hold me close and be still
Hear the lovely pneumatic
Drill!

A subway train thunders through the Bronx
A taxi horn
On the corner
Honks
But I adore
Every roar
And what more
Do I need?
I hear a crane making street repairs
A two-ton child
Running wild
Upstairs
Steam pipes bang
Sirens clang
And what more do I need?

The neighbors yell in the summer
The landlord yells in the fall
So loud I can't hear the plumber
Pound the wall

An aeroplane roars across the bay
But I can hear
You as clear
As day
You said you love me
Above the sound and speed
With your love, what more do I need?