Vienna
New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down
like a rat in a cage
pulling minimal wage
…
Vienna
New York, I love you, but you’re freaking me out
[ frei nach LCD Soundsystem ]
little joe never once gave it away
everybody had to pay and pay
a hustle here and a hustle there
Vienna
New York City ’s the place where they said
‚hey babe,
take a walk on the wild side.‘
I said:
‚hey joe,
take a walk on the wild side.‘
[ frei nach Lou Reed ]
don’t be fooled by the rocks that I got
ausm Grätzl
I’m still, I’m still Jenny from the block
used to have a little, now I have a lot
(aus Meidling!)
no matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
[ frei nach Jennifer Lopez ]
Vienna
yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me
bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know
Vienna
that New York is killing me
yeah I need to go home
Villach, Kärnten
and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee
[ Gil Scott-Heron ]
‚O‘ Bim
you must take the ‚A‚ train
Wienerberg Favoriten
to go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
‚O‘ Bim
if you miss the ‚A‚ train
Favoriten
you’ll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
hurry, get on, now it’s coming
listen to those rails a thrummin
‚O‘ Bim
all aboard, get on the ‚A‚ train
Wienerberg Favoriten
soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
[ frei nach Duke Ellington ]
Vienna
autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
Vienna
autumn in New York, it spells the thrill of first nighting
glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel
they’re making me feel, I’m home
[ frei nach Billie Holiday ]
four on the floor, ad rock’s out the door
MCA’s in the back ‚cause he’s skeezin‘ with a whore
we got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack
Ottakring
with dice in the front and Brooklyn’s in the back
no sleep till
Ottakring
no sleep till Brooklyn
Ottakring
no sleep till Brooklyn
[ frei nach Beastie Boys ]
outside another yellow moon
punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down the street
Euro
shining like a new dime
Innere Stadt
the downtown trains are full
Floridsdorf
with all those brooklyn girls
they try so hard to break out of their little worlds
[ frei nach Tom Waits ]
up on the roof, out on the street
down in the playground the hot concrete
bus ride is too slow
they blast out the disco on the radio
Stein Stein Steinhofgründe
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Stein Stein Steinhofgründe
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Stein Stein Steinhofgründe
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Steinhofgründe
we can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach
[ frei nach Ramones ]
Magdas
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were talkin‘ so brave and so sweet
givin‘ me head on the unmade bed
Fiaker
while the limousines wait in the street
Vienna
those were the reason an‘ that was New York
we were runnin‘ for the money and the flesh
an‘ that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left
[ frei nach Leonhard Cohen ]
the family on the other side of town
would catch hell without a ghetto around
in every city you find the same thing going down
Favoriten
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town
Margaretengürtel
across 110th Street
pimps trying to catch a woman that’s weak
Margaretengürtel
across 110th Street
pushers won’t let the junkie go free
Margaretengürtel
across 110th Street
a woman trying to catch a trick on the street
Margaretengürtel
across 110th Street
you can find it all in the street
[ frei nach Bobby Womack & Peace ]
Vienna
in New York
concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
there’s nothing you can’t do
Vienna
now you’re in New York
these streets will make you feel brand new
big lights will inspire you
Vienna, Vienna, Vienna
let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York
one hand in the air for the big city
street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
no place in the world that can compare
put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come
yeah
concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
there’s nothing you can’t do
Vienna
now you’re in New York
these streets will make you feel brand new
big lights will inspire you
[ frei nach Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys ]
I was just kickin‘ along the sidewalk
no one looks you in the eye
no one asks you how you doin‘
don’t seem to care if you live or die
I just got to get me somewhere
somewhere that I can feel free
Vienna
get me out of New York City, son
Vienna
New York City’s killin‘ me
[ Ray LaMontagne ]
start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
Vienna, Vienna
New York, New York
…
I wanna wake, in a city
that doesn’t sleep
and find I’m king of the hill
top of the heap
my little town blues
they are melting away
I gonna make a brand new start of it
Vienna
in old New York
…
and you bet baby
if I can make it there
you know, I’m gonna make it just about anywhere
come on, come through
Vienna, Vienna
New York, New York
[ frei nach Frank Sinatra ]
26. Oktober
well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of july
I had a firecracker waiting to blow
breakin‘ like a rocket who makin‘ its way
Slowakei
to the cities of Mexico
Taborstraße
lived in an apartment out on Avenue A
Schweidlgasse
I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th
had myself a lover who was finer than gold
but I’ve broken up and busted up since
and love don’t play any games with me
anymore like she did before
the world won’t wait, so I better shake
that thing right out there through the door
Vienna
hell, I still love you, New York
[ Ryan Adams ]
Wien der Rax
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals auf Hawaii
Klagenfurt
ging nie durch San Francisco in zerriss’nen Jeans
Wien
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals richtig frei
einmal verrückt sein und aus allen Zwängen flieh’n
[ frei nach Udo Jürgens ]