Out on the Chelsea piers they're screamin' Everybody's feelin' half alive And down on Bowery they're saying No more music yeah it's closin' time Well that ain't right no (workin' Since I've Been Alive) Can't get it outa my head I'm thinkin' (Workin' till' the Day I Die) Death sentence in New York City Out on the Chelsea piers they're screamin' Everybody's feelin' half alive And down on Bowery they're saying That up on Avenue A they're wastin' Al their money and their precious time And that ain't right no