There's a man on a street With a wide stance and a gun He's wearing a face mask and I ask If he has an extra one? He says not for today Now, please, step back 6ft away I wish he'd ask me how I was doing I wish I could say okay But even the cobbles are lonely today The city that never sleeps is sleeping I saw a magpie out my window I thought 'bad lucky' And then another came along I discard my superstitions When they don't work out my way I'm decidedly blue And blue is how I will stay Until the streets are filled with people Who hug and touch and say hello Until the only feel that exists Is a fear we already know Not a fear that silently closes Every bar, every public room Just bone breaks and cancer And the usual doom and gloom Even lady liberty silently cries The city that never sleeps is closing her eyes Until the streets are filled with people Who hug and touch and say hello Until the only feel that exists Is a fear we already know Not a fear that silently closes Every bar, every public room Just bone breaks and cancer And the usual doom and gloom Even the cobbles are lonely today The city that never sleeps is sleeping Even lady liberty silently cries The city that never sleeps is closing her eyes