People sleepin` on the sidewalks
On a rainy day
Families livin` under freeways
It`s the American way
Starvin` in the city
While the farm goes to seed
Murder in the home
And crime on the streets.
Don`t that trouble you brother?
Don`t that trouble you pal?
Don`t that trouble you sister?
Well, that`s life in the city.
All our old hangouts
Are boarded up and closed
Or being sold to someone
Nobody knows
I got a woman that loves me
And I love her so
She`s all dressed up now
With nowhere to go.
Don`t that trouble you brother?
Don`t that trouble you pal?
Don`t that trouble you sister?
Well, that`s life in the city.
That`s life in the city.
Listen to me people
Hear what I have to say
Ever since I was knee high
I rocked my blues away
But people
sleepin` on the sidewalks
And families in need
Murder in the home
And crime on the streets.
Don`t that trouble you brother?
Don`t that trouble you pal?
Don`t that kill you sister?
Well, that`s life in the city.