[Title: Steam on 42nd] [Intro] [Verse 1: Voice 1 - Male Indie] The sidewalk grit is mixing with the slush A taxis yellow fender starts to rust I’m dodging elbows in the midtown rush Just trying to keep my head above the dust Breath hangs heavy like a ghost in gray Another year is melting in the drain [Pre-Chorus: Voice 1 & Voice 2] (Voice 2) Can you hear the sirens sing a lullaby? (Voice 1) They’re screaming at the traffic passing by We’re tangled in the wires of the grid Trying to find the feeling that we hid [Chorus: Duet - Anthemic & Loud] WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO STRIKE UNDERNEATH THE WINTER SKY WE DON'T NEED A SILENT NIGHT JUST A SPARK TO MAKE US FLY SCREAMING AT THE BROADWAY NOISE LOST WITHIN THE PLASTIC TOYS THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY DOESN'T WAIT [Verse 2: Voice 2 - Female Alt] The vendor’s roasted chestnuts fill the air But static shock is caught inside my hair I bought a ticket just to go nowhere A plastic star is swinging from the stair The empire spire piercing through the haze We’re walking in a frozen sort of maze [Chorus: Duet - Anthemic & Loud] WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO STRIKE UNDERNEATH THE WINTER SKY WE DON'T NEED A SILENT NIGHT JUST A SPARK TO MAKE US FLY SCREAMING AT THE BROADWAY NOISE LOST WITHIN THE PLASTIC TOYS THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY DOESN'T WAIT [Rap Feature: Guest Artist] Timberlands stomping on the black ice patches Lighting up the breath just like a box of matches Subway delayed, the conductor’s got an attitude High altitude views but I’m stuck in this latitude Puffer jacket swollen, dodging all the tourists Got the pretzels in the bag, yeah we strictly the purest From the heights to the village, the energy is manic Sipping bodéga coffee, don't need to panic It's the concrete jungle with a ribbons on the grate Like I said on the hook, man, the city don't wait [Instrumental Solo: Shimmering Guitar Break] [Bridge: Voice 1 & Voice 2] (Voice 1) The steam is rising from the manhole cover (Voice 2) A letter written to a distant lover The cold is biting but the blood is warm We find our shelter right inside the storm [Chorus: Duet - Anthemic & Loud] WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO STRIKE UNDERNEATH THE WINTER SKY WE DON'T NEED A SILENT NIGHT JUST A SPARK TO MAKE US FLY SCREAMING AT THE BROADWAY NOISE LOST WITHIN THE PLASTIC TOYS THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY DOESN'T WAIT [Outro] (Voice 1) Doesn't wait... (Voice 2) No it never sleeps... Yeah, keep moving, keep moving.
