NYC
Dido * Track #17 On Greatest Hits
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Album Greatest Hits
- #1
Here With MeDido
- #2
Thank YouDido
- #3
HunterDido
- #4
White FlagDido
- #5
Life For RentDido
- #6
Don’t Leave HomeDido
- #7
Sand In My ShoesDido
- #8
Don’t Believe In LoveDido
- #9
Quiet TimesDido
- #10
Grafton StreetDido
- #11
Everything To LoseDido
- #12
Let Us Move OnDido & Kendrick Lamar
- #13
No FreedomDido
- #14
End of NightDido
- #15
If I RiseDido & A.R. Rahman
- #16
StanEminem & Dido
- #17NYC
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NYC by Dido
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DidoProduced by
Greg KurstinAbout
“NYC” is a single extracted from Dido’s Greatest Hits album. The song was written with Greg Kurstin during the sessions for the Girl Who Got Away tracks “End Of Night,” “Happy New Year,” and “Let’s Runaway.”
About the track, Dido told Billboard magazine:
I actually thought this was the perfect alb...
NYC Lyrics
[Verse 1]
White house on the beach
With steps down to the sand
The plane takes off and we
We all cheer when it lands
[Verse 2]
Waiting in a room
Where the windows won't open
Got coffee with no milk
And a heart still unbroken
Still unbroken
Still unbroken
[Pre-Chorus]
And the music stops
And the beat goes on
And the music stops
But I'm dancing on
[Chorus]
And I won't be home until I've walked
Every street in New York
And I'll walk on
Without your love, without your love
Dancin' on 'til I belong
There's no need to return
Without your love, until I have walked
Every street in New York
[Verse ~3]
Boat goes
From one island to the next
An old man drinkin' beer
Women on the bench
[Pre-Chorus]
And the music stops
And the beat goes on
And the music stops
But I'm dancing on
[Chorus]
And I won't be home until I've walked
Every street in New York
And I'll walk on
Without your love, without your love
Dancin' on 'til I belong
There's no need to return
Without your love, until I have walked
Every street in New York
[Bridge]
Glory when my plane takes off
Don't know me when I'm home
Say your prayers with your fingers crossed
Forget to call 'fore I go
And if I had to fall tonight
Just say I made you sad
And though I've fallen in your call and palm
[Chorus]
And I won't be home until I've walked
Every street in New York
And I'll walk on
Without your love, without your love
Dancin' on 'til I belong
There's no need to return
Without your love, until I have walked
Every street in New York
NYC Q&A
Who wrote NYC's ?
NYC was written by Rollo Armstrong & Greg Kurstin & Dido.
Who produced NYC's ?
NYC was produced by Greg Kurstin.
Why has Dido said about this song?
I wrote that with Greg Kurstin the same time I wrote “End of Night,” “Happy New Year,” and “Let’s Runaway,” and saved it because I didn’t finish it. And I actually thought this was the perfect album for it to go on, because it references lyrically when I first started and first came to America. I ca...