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[1st Verse]
Looking Out
Across The Night-Time
The City Winks A Sleepless Eye
Hear Her Voice
Shake My Window
Sweet Seducing Sighs
He gives the city human
characteristics; a heart
beat and winking.
[2nd Verse]
Get Me Out
Into The Night-Time
Four Walls Won't Hold Me Tonight
If This Town
Is Just An Apple
Then Let Me Take A Bite
[Chorus]
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
He's using New York's
nickname 'The Big Apple'
in reference to an actual apple
He's not actually
dreaming but
he's saying that the
street is where he wants
to be
[3rd Verse]
Reaching Out
To Touch A Stranger
Electric Eyes Are Everywhere
See That Girl
She Knows I'm Watching
She Likes The Way I Stare
[Chorus]
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
I Like Livin' This Way
I Like Lovin' This Way
'Why' is repeated in
the chorus
Orange= personification
Blue= hyperbole
Red= metonymy
Green= figure of speech
Gray= repetition
[4th Verse]
Looking Out
Across The Morning
The City's Heart Begins To Beat
Reaching Out
I Touch Her Shoulder
I'm Dreaming Of The Street
[Chorus]
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
If They Say Why, Why, Tell 'Em That Is Human Nature
Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way
I Like Livin' This Way
[Repeat Chorus - Ad-Lib/Fade-Out]
Song
Meaning
I think the song is about him wanting to
explore things and I think the why's in the
chorus represent frustrated people asking
why and he responds saying that it's
human nature.