fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cyclone 
three o'clock in the afternoon and I am going home 
F train is full of high school students 
so much shouting 
so much laughter 
last night's underwear in my back pocket 
sure sign of the morning after 
 
take me home 
take me home and leave me there 
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why 
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby 
feel free to listen 
feel free to stare 
 
I live in New York New York the city that never shuts up 
in the daylight everything is so gory 
you can hear snatches of stranger's sorry stories 
and I moved there from buffalo but that's nothing 
the TRICO plant moved to mexico 
left my uncle standing out in the cold 
said there's your last paycheck have fun growing old 
 
take me home 
take me home and leave me there 
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why 
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby 
feel free to listen 
feel free to stare 
rockabye baby 
in the treetop 
when the wind blows 
cradle will rock 
when the bough breaks 
the cradle will fall 
down will come baby 
cradle and all 
 
youth is beauty 
money is beauty 
hell, beauty is beauty sometimes 
it's the luck of the draw 
it's the natural law 
it's a joke 
it's a crime 
I was bored 
you were bored 
it was a meeting of the minds 
now it's three in the afternoon and I can't leave too soon 
saying thank you, I had a nice time 
 
take me home 
take me home and leave me there 
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why 
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby 
feel free to listen 
feel free to stare 
 
maybe I'll live my whole life 
just getting by 
maybe I'll be discovered 
maybe I'll be colonized 
you could try to train me like a pet 
you could try to teach me to behave 
But I'll tell you, if I haven't learned it yet 
you know, 
I ain't gonna sit, I ain't gonna stay 
 
take me home 
take me home and leave me there 
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why 
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby 
feel free to listen 
feel free to stare