Jimmy Buffett - The City lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - The City lyrics]
As a child on the farm
I was warned of the wiles of the city
Of that demon disguised as the dirt
In the skies of the city
Well, they say the proximity
Warps their minds
'Til they're shooting one another
Just pass the time
And we lived, it appeared
Both in spite and in fear of the city
I was constantly told how our lives
Were controlled by the city
How they keep us in debt with
The trends that they set, it's a pity
How the beautiful people in the magazines
Got the normal ones living beyond their means
And the things that they said made me
Go in my head to the city
When I finally came
There's some things still the
Same in the city
You're still under the thumb of the rich
And the young and the pretty
Well, they weren't much different
Than we might act if there was that many
Others that closely packed
It's an ancient idea
But it struck me so clear in the city
"I'd like to do a song
That was written about a
Good friend of mine down
In Key West, Florida
Where I spend a little bit of
Time this particular friend of
Mine ran a bar in Key West for a time before
We got fed up with all the
Other alternatives to politicians and
Elected our favorite bartender mayor our
Mayor's name is Captain tony Tarascino
Has a little place called
Captain's Saloon where we
Wrote a little song called
Last Mango in Paris
Not to be confused with that
Movie by a similar title"
I was warned of the wiles of the city
Of that demon disguised as the dirt
In the skies of the city
Well, they say the proximity
Warps their minds
'Til they're shooting one another
Just pass the time
And we lived, it appeared
Both in spite and in fear of the city
I was constantly told how our lives
Were controlled by the city
How they keep us in debt with
The trends that they set, it's a pity
How the beautiful people in the magazines
Got the normal ones living beyond their means
And the things that they said made me
Go in my head to the city
When I finally came
There's some things still the
Same in the city
You're still under the thumb of the rich
And the young and the pretty
Well, they weren't much different
Than we might act if there was that many
Others that closely packed
It's an ancient idea
But it struck me so clear in the city
"I'd like to do a song
That was written about a
Good friend of mine down
In Key West, Florida
Where I spend a little bit of
Time this particular friend of
Mine ran a bar in Key West for a time before
We got fed up with all the
Other alternatives to politicians and
Elected our favorite bartender mayor our
Mayor's name is Captain tony Tarascino
Has a little place called
Captain's Saloon where we
Wrote a little song called
Last Mango in Paris
Not to be confused with that
Movie by a similar title"