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Shattered, shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams Are still surviving on the street Look at me, Im in tatters! Im a shattered Shattered
Friends are so alarming My lovers never charming Lifes just a cocktail party on the street Big apple People dressed in plastic bags Directing traffic Some kind of fashion Shattered
Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex Look at me, Im in tatters Im a shattered Shattered
All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter bout Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I cant give it away on 7th avenue This towns been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered) Work and work for love and sex Aint you hungry for success, success, success, success Does it matter? (shattered) does it matter? Im shattered. Shattered
Ahhh, look at me, Im a shattered Im a shattered Look at me- Im a shattered, yeah
Pride and joy and greed and sex Thats what makes our town the best Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street And look at me, Im in tatters, yeah Ive been battered, what does it matter Does it matter, uh-huh Does it matter, uh-huh, Im a shattered
Dont you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough! You got rats on the west side Bed bugs uptown What a mess this towns in tatters Ive been shattered My brains been battered, splattered all over manhattan
Uh-huh, this towns full of money grabbers Go ahead, bite the big apple, dont mind the maggots, huh Shadoobie, my brains been battered My friends they come around they Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter Pile it up, pile it high on the platter
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