Hard Times In New York Town

 
              
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Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song 
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Sing it to you right, but you might think it?s wrong 
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Just a little glimpse of a story I?ll tell 
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?Bout an East Coast city that you all know well 
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It?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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Old New York City is a friendly old town 
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From Washington Heights to Harlem on down 
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There?s a-mighty many people all millin? all around 
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They?ll kick you when you?re up and knock you when you?re down 
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It?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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It?s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate 
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To Rockefeller Plaza ?n? the Empire State. 
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Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird 
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Old Mister Rockefeller never says a word 
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It?s hard times from the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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Well, it?s up in the mornin? tryin? to find a job of work 
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Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt 
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If you got a lot o? money you can make yourself merry 
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If you only got a nickel, it?s the Staten Island Ferry 
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And it?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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Mister Hudson come a-sailin? down the stream 
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And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream 
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Bought your city on a one-way track 
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?F I had my way I?d sell it right back 
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And it?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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I?ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay 
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?N? every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains 
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?N? the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines 
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It?s all much cleaner than the New York kind 
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And it?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town 
 
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So all you newsy people, spread the news around 
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You c?n listen to m? story, listen to m? song 
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You c?n step on my name, you c?n try ?n? get me beat 
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When I leave New York, I?ll be standin? on my feet 
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And it?s hard times in the country 
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Livin? down in New York town