Текст песни: Hey New York + перевод

You the anti-hip

You the anti-hype

So seriously do you take your job

You’ve created an entirely new type of attitude

Probably snobbery, possibly virtue

But I never knew

So I left you

Chicago

You wanted the best for me

Kind of like my friend Andy

Who asked:

«What are you going to do when you grow up?

Won’t you run out of music ideas? Aren’t there only twelve notes?»

Hey New York is my sanctuary

Where the bankers are actors

And the waiters all are stars

It’s a big celebration

Oooh yeah

We’re all waiting on

A nuclear bomb

To blow us away

Some of us would probably escape

And found a new New York

Maybe in Ohio

Where dreams could still come true

Not sure if I’ll get away

But I’ll still plan my escape

Pick up the few friends I have left

In Harlem and the East Village

Oh I forgot they already moved away

They couldn’t afford to live here

And they were tired of being scared every day

Chorus

Maybe I’ll go home

Where people are humble and strong

And they get the best stuff

Like Second City and Steppenwolf

And maybe that’s because they know the difference

Between talent and attitude

And there are rarely any breast implants

Jenny McCarthy was our only one

They’re just wasted under winter coats

When there’s never any sun

And the terrain doesn’t change for thousands of miles

New boobs would be too big a change over too little time

And at the end of the play

As the actor leaves the stage

An audience member with a compulsion to make everything the same

Is bound to say:

«But what do you do for your real job?

«What do you do for your real job?

That was really great but what do you do for your real job?»

And that’s when I think I’ll stay in…

Chorus

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