What More Do I Need? Lyrics - Always - Kelli O'hara

Once I hated this city 

Now it can't get me down 

Slushy, humid and gritty 

What a pretty town 

What thought I could be duller 

More depressing, less gay 

Now my favorite color 

Is gray 

A wall of rain as it turns to sleep 

The lack of sun on a one-way street 

I love the grime all the time 

And what more do I need? 

My window pane has a lovely view 

An inch of sky and a fly or two 

Why I can see half a tree 

And what more do I need? 

The dusk is thick and it's galling 

It simply can't be excused 

In winter even the falling snow looks 

Used 

My window pane may not give much light 

But I see you, so the view is bright 

If I can love you, I'll pay the dirt no heed 

With your love what more do I need? 

Someone shouting for quiet 

Someone starting a brawl 

Down the block there's a riot 

And I'll buy it all 

Listen now, I'm ecstatic 

Hold me close and be still 

Hear the lovely pneumatic 

Drill 

A subway train thunders through the Bronx 

A taxi horn on the corner honks 

But I adore every roar 

And what more do I need? 

I hear a crane making street repairs 

A two ton child running wild upstairs 

Steam pipes bang, sirens clang 

And what more do I need? 

The neighbors yell in the summer 

The landlord yells in the fall 

So loud I can't hear the plumber 

Pound the wall 

An aeroplane roars across the bay 

But I can hear you as clear as day 

You said you loved me 

Above the sound and speed 

With your love what more do I need?