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 (