Erica Jong - I Live In New York lyrics

I am happiest near the ocean, where the changing light reminds me of my d**h & the fact that it need not be fatal- yet I perch here in the midst of the city where the traffic dulls my senses, where my ears scream at sirens, where transistor radio blasts invade my poems like alien war chants. But I never walk the streets of New York without hoping for the end of the world. How many years before the streets return to flowers? How many centuries before the towers fall? In my mind's eye, New York falls to ruins. bu*terflies alight upon stones and poppies spring out of the asphalt fields. Why do I stay here when I love the ocean? Because the ocean lulls me with its peace. Eternity is coming soon enough. As monks sleep in their own coffins, I live in New York.