Shattered, shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams Are still surviving on the street Look at me -- I'm in tatters! I'm a shattered Shattered
Friends are so alarming And my lover's never charming Life's just a cocktail party - on the street Big Apple People dressed in plastic bags Directing traffic - Some kind of fashion Shattered
Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex Look at me - I'm in tatters I 'm a shattered Shattered
All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter 'bout Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I can't give it away on 7th Avenue This town's been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered) Work and work for love and sex Ain't you hungry for success, success, success, success Does it matter? (Shattered) Does it matter? I'm shattered. Shattered.