Ray Charles - Living For The City lyrics

The boy is born in hard-time mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong moving
In the right direction

Living just enough
Just enough for the cityee ha!

His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
And you better believe she
Hardly gets a penny

Living just enough
Just enough for the cityee ha!

His sister's black but she
Is sure enough pretty
Her skirt is short but Lord
Her legs are sturdy
To walk to school she's got to get up early
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

Living just enough
Just enough for the cityee ha!

Her brother's smart he's got
More sense than many
His patience's long but soon
He won't have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle
Cause where he lives they
Don't use colored people

Living just enough
Just enough for the cityee ha!

I'm living just enough for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh
For the city ooh, ooh for the city ooh, ooh

His hair is long
His feet are hard and gritty
He spends his life walking the
Streets of new york city
He's almost dead from breathing
In air pollution he tried to vote but to
Him there's no solution

Living just enough
Just enough for the cityee ha!

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to
Make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel no where
Could be much colder
If we don't change the world
Will soon be over living just enough
Stop giving just enough for the city!

I'm living just enough for the city
For the city for the city
For the city for the city