This is the city of the dead
As we lie side by side in bed
I’d do something else instead
But it is the city of the dead
We went out kickin’ around
But you got drunk an’ fallen down
An’ I wished I could be like you
With the Soho River drinking me down
In the city of the dead
Fall in love an’ fall in bed
It wasn’t anything you said
Except I know we both lie dead
Don’t you know where to cop
That’s what New York Johnny said (
