Living in the City

I've got her cane Oh and Big Danny is wasted He said I'm the sweetest thing Oh that he's never tasted Mariposa's singing love songs All in her dark apartment Fourteen floors a'birthin And fourteen floors a'dying Livin' in the city We're just livin' in the city Livin' in the city Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard Oh I'll take you to the stairwell And give you something I can offer You know the heart is not the hopeless The heart is a lonely hunter Hot long summer days We're just sneakin' by the river Well, I'll lock my dreams away And I'll watch the city quiver Livin' in the city We're just livin' in the city We're livin' in the city Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard Gypsy bit the dust You know the shit he had - it was poisoned You know now everybody wants Just a taste of what we sold him Standing on the roof tops We're just yellin' till the morning All surrounded by the visions Of all who came before them Livin' in the city We're just livin' in the city Oh, livin' in the city Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard Livin' in the city We're just livin' in the city Oh, livin' in the city Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard Oh, it's hard, it's hard, it's hard