The midnight ferry crashed Into the fire escape She got locked out Crawled through her own window like a robber When she got mad She spoke French I couldn't understand But I knew what she meant If the day won't last Then the day won't end On New York time Hide your eyes aw baby You can't miss What you don't see On New York time I hid my eyes 'Cause whenever I see her I never see her again Dancing in circles Like boxers with squares in our lips She wore a 60s coat unzipped Wore her hair tied up And I'm her dartboard And she got good She sat me down Tried to see where we stood If the day won't last Then the day won't end On New York time Hide your eyes, aw baby You can't miss What you don't see On New York time I hid my eyes 'Cause whenever I see her I never see her again North of September The sun and north of the street Ah, east of the wind And south of the rainfall Tomorrow she'd head Back home for the west Tomorrow we'd leave it Right where we left If the day won't last Then the day won't end On On New York time New York time New York time aw babe You can't miss what you don't see New York time gon kill me slowly I'm aging faster and faster and faster Like a metro headed out to the suburbs Moving faster and faster and faster I don't wanna look at you too hard I'm afraid I might see a future I don't wanna look at you too hard I'm afraid I might find the answer On On yeah On New York time