It was Tuesday afternoon    I got home from work right soon    I turned on the TV and what did I see?    I saw World War III staring back at me    I thought I might wake up to reality    There wasn’t gonna be (yeah)    And all I could see was this refuted tragedy       CHORUS:    In the silence of the city    No mobile phones ring    In the silence of the city    You cannot hear a thing    In the silence of the city    The smiles are washed away    In the silence of the city    There’s nothing left to say       New York, New York,    so good they named you twice    the city that never sleeps    do you believe your eyes?    If fire’s an act of war    The Big Apple is in all too the cold    And two tall towers    Crumble to the floor    And Manhattan is a lair    Cause there is no more       CHORUS       And hardened New York cops    With tears in their eyes    Tired and all the firefighters    Hoping to hear cries    And the numerous paramedics    Overcome by exhaustion and all    Rescue workers feel the deep emotion       CHORUS       The 11th of September 2001    The World Trade Centre and the US Pentagon    These pictures that we’ve seen    Almost defies belief    On the streets of New York City,    People all hear by shared peace       CHORUS       The New York City Skyline    We all admire before,    Tall twin towers,    To plea of them no more    Silence of the city (7x)    Silence