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Living in a Beehive

Sittin' in a cube watching pictures on a boob-tube, livin' in a beehive
Battles in the hall rattle pictures on my wall, I'm lucky to be alive
Well I'm livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive
Livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive

Dyin' of a thirst but the water pipes burst, that's livin' in a beehive
Feeling kinda weird since the super's disappeared, I'm lucky to be alive
The damn radio's stuck on an AM station, the cat pan's ready to rot
The laundry pile long ago went wild, there's something growing from
a darkish spot
Well that's livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive
Livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive

At 4 o'clock in the morning try to get some sleep but the garbage men
are playing F-Troop
Try to place a call to the line at city hall, I get stuck inside a voice mail loop
Well that's livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive
Livin' in a beehive, livin' in a beehive

People upstairs playing football with their chairs, they're livin' in a beehive
Swattin' at the flies as the roaches organize, we're lucky to be alive
I'm livin' in a beehive
I'm livin' in a beehive

Peter Cross is the songwriter, the lead singer and he also sings all the harmony tracks, plus he's the arranger and the producer.

Ahh . . . The joy of living in New York City, at 49 Prince Street in "Little Italy" (adjacent to Greenwich Village), in an apartment seven stories up with no elevator. 87 stairs makes you learn NEVER to forget your keys. Mafia mothers filled the building and every weekend, long black cars parked outside and men with black suits, black shirts and black shoes got out and visited their mothers. Because of the Mafia, this was one of the safest "protected" buildings in the neighborhood at that time, but it was also one of the craziest. No that's not possible. There is no way to gauge the level of insanity in N.Y.C. You either go crazy like too many rats in one cage, or you develop a wild sense of humor in order to survive (like I did). Humor is essential in N.Y.C. because without humor, the place is truly nuts. It really is like living in a beehive.

This song is one of the first rock songs I ever wrote, and I wrote it within a week of writing Favorite Toy. Both songs were performed by Steam in front of many thousands of people, and they always got a great reaction from the crowds. Like Favorite Toy, Beehive was recorded unsuccessfully several times, and it wasn't until 1996 that I finally got it right.