Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi Looking for a fare Says he'll take me down to Chinatown But I just come up from there I'm hungry, bittersweet The taste of love comes back to me But they say you've got to eat here once In New York Big neon billboard Looks down on the square They advertise a new high-rise About a mile from here Those who sleep beneath the streets The city's underneath my feet Maybe only you can teach me how To live in New York And the bridge across the river Is built by people singing Hallelujah In New York For every heart that's missing You hear church bells ringing Hallelujah In New York And the bridge across the river Is built by people singing Hallelujah In New York For every heart that's missing You hear church bells ringing Hallelujah In New York Big Yellow Taxi Is looking for a fare I let him take me down to Chinatown I got a room down on Bowery On Heston Street It's home for the temporary Nobody told me how it weighed so hard In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York In New York