Ian Cherry - I Love This Place Lyrics

I never thought we would ever leave Manhattan
Let alone this place, let alone this place
Ignoring the radiator spitting in my face
Three years in this piano lounge plus two hundred sixty days

Well now that I'm leaving
Five months and counting down
Let me show thanks for the home that I've known
Shower in the kitchen across from the stove
No sink in the bathroom or door to my bedroom
Low sounds of pedestrians phones vibrating outside
Old as f*ck window doubles as my pillow
My dreams and the city noise fuse into
Quite a cacophony
Out my window
Out my window
Out my window
Out my window

Gentrified pitter patter, construction chatter
College kids numb to the sirens
No alarm could ever wake me here
Cause I'm already up
(Listen) Hear the old super's dog
Bark and shake a squeak toy
Calling all rats
Calling all rats
Calling all rats
Rats
The rats calling back
Rats calling back

Old radiator sneaking steam on the floor
Moistening the piano leg
Moistening the piano leg
But I sweep well at night here
Cause I love this place
Yeah I sleep well at night here
Cause I love this place
I love this place

This place has defined me
More than my own face

I love this place

This place has defined me
More than my own face

I love this place
The place loves me back
Calling all rats
Rats call me back
Calling all rats
Rats call me back
Rats call me back
(Calling all rats)
(At least the rats)
Rats call me back