Hard Times in New York Town

<br>Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song.<br><br>Sing it to you right, but you might think its wrong.<br><br>Just a little glimpse of a story Ill tell<br><br>&quot;bout an east coast city that you all know well.<br><br>Its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>Old new york city is a friendly old town,<br><br>From washington heights to harlem on down.<br><br>Theres a-mighty many people all millin all around,<br><br>Theyll kick you when youre up and knock you when youre down.<br><br>Its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>Its a mighty long ways from the golden gate<br><br>To rockefeller plaza n the empire state.<br><br>Mister rockefeller sets up as high as a bird,<br><br>Old mister empire never says a word.<br><br>Its hard times from the country,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>Well, its up in the mornin tryin to fins a job of work.<br><br>Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt.<br><br>If you go a lot o money you can make yourself merry,<br><br>If you only got a nickel, its the staten island ferry.<br><br>And its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>Mister hudson come a-sailin down the stream<br><br>And old mister minuet paid for his dream.<br><br>Bought your city on a one-way track,<br><br>f I had my way Id sell it right back.<br><br>And its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>Ill take all the smog in cal-i-for-ne-ay,<br><br>n every bit of dust in the oklahoma plains,<br><br>n the dirt in the caves of the rocky mountain mines.<br><br>Its all much cleaner than the new york kind.<br><br>And its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.<br><br><br><br>So all you newsy people, spread the news around,<br><br>You cn listen to m story, listen to m song.<br><br>You cn step on my name, you cn try n get me beat,<br><br>When I leave new york, Ill be standin on my feet.<br><br>And its hard times in the city,<br><br>Livin down in new york town.