The City Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Ahhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

As a child on the farm 

I was warned of the wiles of the city 

Of that demon disguise 

There's 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 live it appears 

Both in spite and in fear of the city 

Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah 

Oooohhh 

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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 

Now 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 

Oooohhh 

Ahhhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

When I finally came 

There's some things still the same in the city 

You still lie under the thumb 

Of the rich and the young and the pretty 

Photos 

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 

Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah 

Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah 

Oooohhh 

Ahhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

Ah, ahhhhhh 

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