Here in the streets so mechanised

Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life

Studied all the rules didn't want no part

But I let you in just to break this heart

Even though it was only one night

It was fucking strange

Nina's in the bedroom

She said time to go now

But leavin' it ain't easy

I got to let go

I got to let go

And the hours they ran slow

I said everynight she just can't stop sayin'

New York City cops

Strokes

New York City cops 

New York City cops

They ain't too smart

New York City cops

New York City cops 

New York City cops

They ain't too smart

Well, kill me now, I let you down

I swear one day we're gonna leave this town

Stop

Yes I'm leavin' 

'Cause it just won't work

They act like Romans

But they dress like Turks

Sometime, in your prime

See me, I like the summertime

She said time to go now

But leavin' it ain't easy

I got to let go

I got to let go

Oh! 

Trapped in an apartment

She would not let them get her

She wrote it in a letter

I got to come clean

The authorities they've seen

darling I'm somewhere in between

I said everynight every night, I just can't stop sayin'

New York City cops

New York City cops 

New York City cops

They ain't too smart

New York City cops

New York City cops 

New York City cops

They ain't too smart