New York City Blues
(专辑: The Hungry Years - 1975)
Life and death in an alleyway Just a
heartbeat away from a
man Who's learned to turn his head away From the
pain that drains the
land. Harlem's not too far from here, You can smell the
garbage, feel the
fear. I
hear they're gonna build a
sky-scraper there, As if we didn't need the
extra air. New York city blues, In order to win, you gotta lose. Old before your time, The
dirt and the
grime Get into everything. And the
papers love to say It's the
meanest town in the
USA, But I
think it's OK, it's the
town I've made my home. On another side of Park Avenue Respectable folks don't know, Hungry eyes take in the
view Of the
world that lays them low. Too many years on a
welfare line, The
old song and dance time after time, You can only get so pushed around Until you wanna tear the
damn thing down. New York city blues, In order to win, you gotta lose. Old before your time, The
dirt and the
grime Get into everything. And the
papers love to say It's the
meanest town in the
USA, But I
think it's OK, it's the
town I've made my home. New York city blues, In order to win, you gotta lose. Old before your time, The
dirt and the
grime Get into everything. And the
papers love to say It's the
meanest town in the
USA, But I
think it's OK, it's the
town I've made my home.