my city s had a lot of trouble sleepin she s up all night breakin through the windows and the ceilin s scrapin stars from the sky and my city s made a habit out of cryin all through the night they say she likes the harmony of sirens and the time of the traffic light but i love my city my sleepless city i ll do her sleepin for free yeah i love my city my sleepless city yeah she can do my cryin for me my city s pickin fights across the water with the worn out moon and i watch her from honey colored corner a quiet room where i hung a little picture of my darlin black and white but it s been fadin on yellow wall in harlem since she left that night but i love my city my sleepless city i ll do her sleepin for free yeah i love my city my sleepless city yeah she can do my cryin for me well i love my city my sleepless city i ll do her sleepin for free yeah i love my city my sleepless city yeah she can do my cryin for me yeah she can do my cryin for me yeah she can do my cryin for me