What More Do I Need? (From Saturday Night)

Once I hated this city
 Now it can't get me down
 Slushy, humid and gritty
 What a pretty town
 What thought I could be duller
 More depressing, less gay?
 Now my favorite color is gray
 A wall of rain as it turns to sleet
 The lack of sun on a one-way street
 I love the grime all the time
 And what more do I need?
 My window pane has a lovely view
 An inch of sky and a fly or two
 Why? I can see half a tree
 And what more do I need?
 The dusk is thick and it's galling
 It simply can't be excused
 In winter, even the falling snow looks used
 My window pane doesn't give much light
 But I see you, so the view is bright
 If I can love you, I'll pay the dirt no heed
 With your love, what more do I need?
 Someone shouting for quiet
 Someone's starting a brawl
 Down the block there's a riot
 And I'll buy it all
 Listen, now I'm ecstatic
 Hold me close and keep still
 Hear the lovely pneumatic drill
 A subway train thunders through the Bronx
 A taxi horn on the corner honks
 But I adore every roar
 And what more do I need?
 I hear a crane making street repairs
 A two-ton child running wild upstairs
 Steam pipes bang, sirens clang
 And what more do I need?
 The neighbors yell in the summer
 The landlord yells in the fall
 So loud I can't hear the plumber pound the wall
 An aeroplane roars across the bay
 But I can hear you as clear as day
 You said you love me above the sound and speed
 With your love, what more do I need?