| I was born and raised with the cross in my face
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| And a mind that was set for pity
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| Not fully grown I was left all alone
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| That’s the time I set my eyes on the city
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| Where no cold wind sweep and no willow’s weep
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| And no singing in the treetops puts a child to sleep
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| Where the ghosts and creeps
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| Sad-eyed roam the streets
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| And the best minds turning tricks
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| For that sad and angry fix
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| But now I’m through, I’m through, I’m through
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| I’m through, I’m through singing 'bout the city
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| (Singing 'bout the city, singing 'bout the city)
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| I was all knocked down as I came to town
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| I was smug as a bug and pretty
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| I was led to believe that a little less self-esteem
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| Was required to survive in the city
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| In the high-end streets where the faces meet
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| Who are daring for a sharing on the toilet seats
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| But I’ve had my fill of cheap boudoir thrills
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| Hallelujah, — I am coming
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| Bring the fattened calf and sing
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| Now I’m through, I’m through, I’m through
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| I’m through, I’m through singing 'bout the city
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| (Singing 'bout the city, singing 'bout the city)
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| In the summertime in the dry hot town
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| Sun is high and ambition is low
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| When the sewers seethe there’s no air to breathe
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| And when no place feels like home
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| In the summertime in the countryside
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| Where the birches and long grass grow
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| And the small birds sing and the church-bell ring
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| And the gentle warm winds blow
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| I guess I really should have known
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| There’s only one place left to go
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| This time I’m really coming home
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| I’m gonna spread my wings
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| Gonna leave everything
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| Far behind that’s unsound and shitty
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| I’m free at last, it’s all in the past
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| Fooling round like a clown in the city
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| Where no pine and spruce lend a home to the moose
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| And no brown bears sleep and no rabbits snooze
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| In the open wild you get warm and mild
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| Turning playboys to the ploughboys
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| That they are inside
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| Where the green crops grow and the rivers flow
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| Where lakes glitter, small birds twitter
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| Oh, I sure could think of worse!
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| It’s the Springsteen curse but this time it’s in reverse
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| Life’s a pity in the city Hell, what does Bruce know about spruce?
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| Oh, I’m through, I’m through, I’m through
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| I’m through, I’m through, I’m through, I’m through
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| I’m through…
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| Singing 'bout the city, yeaheah |