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
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 Explain Request ×
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