After All lyrics

We walked all night in the pouring rainMade the coast by morningFound an old abandoned carnival by the seaThere were no seats on the ferris wheelAnd only one horse on the carouselSo I jumped on his back to get a ride for freeFree like the wind rising up the Eastern shoreBlowing back my un-tucked shirt tailFilling up my empty pocketsAnd a song was coming to meBut by night I couldn't hear it anymoreAnymoreI've stopped dreaming of loveAnymoreI can't believe the things I'm thinking ofAnymore, anymoreMirrah, she's a friend of mineShe gives her love to artistsIt's her way of brushing her humanityShe stays long enough to feel the painAnd to fill up on their visionWhen she's drunk she says she's still in love with meMe, I spend my days singing new songs on the subwayFor the ones who stop to listenWho will pay me mind or moneyAnd I go right on singing as the train rolls inTo take them far awayFar awaythey miss the best part of the showFar awayfor a place they don't really wanna goF
ar away, far awayWell I went to see this friend of mineHe lives down in New York CitySays that's the only place a poet needs to beSays there's life outside the window paneAnd benches by the riverAnd a song in every stranger's eyes you seeSee me on the street with my pocket pad of paperMaking sense of all the madnessWith my crisp iambic meterAnd nobody dares to tell meNew York City doesn't need me after allAfter allI am just a mortal manAfter allI'm just trying to do the very best I canAfter all, after all, after all