i have been amiss in the posting lately. truth be told, i'm a bit out of sorts. even a year after relocating across the country, i am still feeling quite lost in the world. maybe it takes longer than i think to get new york city out of one's system.
there is something about living in NYC, the chaos, the energy, the sort of brutal sensory onslaught, that seems to keep part of the mind engaged in a way that i haven't found elsewhere. my brain feels like it is searching for something it can no longer find. this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but something to get used to again. i am not sure i will ever feel like i truly belong anywhere else. i once heard living in new york described as being like an abusive relationship...you know it's bad for you but it's so hard to leave.
so here is yet another new york song. also another springsteen song that i like better by someone else (sorry, nvh). actually bruce and patti wrote it together, so it's not quite the same.
[UPDATE: from someone who knows waaaaay more about BS than me..."springsteen already wrote it for the darkness sessions. jimmy iovine was working as an engineer on both bruce and patti's albums simultaneously and gave the tape of the recording to patti. she re-wrote some lyrics to suit her version of the song, and bruce kept his original for when he performed it."]
i was once on the same subway train as patti smith and we both got off at west 4th street. i followed her as long as i could, but i had to give up so as not to be late for my therapist. doesn't get much more new york than that.
