In the big city
Where the lights are low
Cold dirty ground
Where the rivers don’t flow
Nothing’s gonna change so throw it all away
In the big city
Where the kids will come cheap
And monsters prowl and never sleep
Don’t cross the road if you haven’t got the time
of day
Well I lost my girl waiting for the train from
ride
I know she’s out there somewhere
Selling all we got but I don’t mind
In the big city
You can walk a thin line
Your mother won’t know that you do a bit of
crime
Your father’s on the dole and he really hasn’t
got the time
In the big city
Where it’s hard to see the sky
And the black earth trembles when the trains go
by
And the bums on the corner tell you gently
To fuck off and die
Well I lost my girl and I missed my train to
ride
And I’m stuck here selling papers
And spitting on the ground when you walk by
In the big city
You can dance all night
Only if you’re clean and the lads are not
uptight
Or you may as well forget it and wait until the
broad daylight
In the big city
Where the suits don’t look you in the eye
Learn how to laugh you’ll be planning when to
die
And don’t expect any favours from the cars
passing by
I lost my girl waiting for the train from ride
Well I don’t mind matching colours or parking
people’s cars
And telling little lies if that’s alright
In the big city
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