Addicted Lyrics - New York Before The War - Jesse Malin

I've been running from the outskirts 

Got some money on the wrong horse 

I just had no where else to go 

Now they're closing down the book store 

And they're putting up a condo 

We're gonna watch this whole thing blow 

And I've lived here all my life 

I'm addicted to the sadness 

And the sound of jubilation 

We never got to say goodbye 

Well they wanted his apartment 

And they tried to steal his paintings 

They were counting up the days until he died 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played all the sadness of my youth 

I'm addicted to hand jive 

I've been living on the down stroke 

Almost gone and almost grown 

I've been feeling like a bastard 

In the beauty of the moment 

So alive and so alone 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played all the sadness of my youth 

I'm addicted to the glory 

Of a broken heart 

Now they got you in the camera 

And you're feeling like a target 

Another picture in a million dollar phone 

I'm addicted to the moment 

I will not be reconstructed 

I'm gonna watch this whole thing blow 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played all the sadness of my youth 

And the band played on and on 

And the band played all the sadness of my youth 

And I've lived here all my life