Butter coconut as a welcome smell Baby pigeon seed on the window sill Kitchen cupboard full of granola bars Walking through the city beneath the stars And loving every dog on the Lower East Side Fighting for the bill in the taxi ride Your pink knickers sit on the living room floor ‘Cause no one wants to clear them up no more It rained the day You took that ride to JFK And made your way back home again There’s nothing much more lonely than The rain beating down on the fire escape The grey skies over the United States When you walk You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the Tiny little squares of Green & Blacks Watching DVDs of tits and ass Long summer days on Rockaway Beach Surprisingly hard and far to reach Homies in a box for 50¢ The squirrels kinda wondered where you went The bathroom seems a little light on stuff The bed’s unmade and the TV’s off It rained the day You took that ride to JFK And made your way back home again There’s nothing much more lonely than The rain beating down on the fire escape The grey skies over the United States When you walk You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York And when you go Things slow back down To the crawl That drags me around It rained the day You took that ride to JFK And made your way back home again There’s nothing much more lonely than The rain beating down on the fire escape The grey skies over the United States When you walk You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine from New York You took the sunshine