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New York City Cops

New York City Cops lyrics by The Strokes. Oh! Haha, I meant ah! Haha, no, I didn't mean that at all Ooh, ooh, ooh Here in the streets so mechanized Rise to...

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New York City Cops

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Oh! Haha, I meant ah!

Haha, no, I didn't mean that at all

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Here in the streets so mechanized

Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life

Studied all the rules and didn't want no part

But I let you in just to break this heart

Even though it was only one night

It was, fucking strange

Nina's in the bedroom

She said: Time to go now

But leavin' it ain't easy

I've got to let go

Oh, I've got to let go

And the hours they ran slow

I said, every night,

She just can't stop saying

New York City cops

New York City cops

New York City cops

But they ain't too smart

New York City cops

New York City cops

New York City cops

But they ain't too smart

Well, kill me now 'cause I let you down

I swear one day i'm gonna leave this town

Stop

Yes, I'm leaving 'cause this just won't work

And they act like Romans, but they dress like Turks

Some time in your prime

See me, I like the summertime

But, hey

Nina's in the bedroom

She said: Time to go now

But leaving it ain't easy

Oh, I've got to let go

I've got to let go

Oh, trapped in an apartment

She would not let them get her

She wrote it in a letter

Oh I got to come clean

The authorities, they've seen

Darling, I'm somewhere in between

I said every night

She just can't stop saying:

New York City cops

New York City cops

New York City cops

But they ain't too smart

New York City cops

New York City cops

New York City cops

But they ain't too smart

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