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City Life

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Well, there's lots of cold in the countryside, sometimes it's freezin' cold,
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But there ain't no cold like city cold when winter is comin' on.


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I've seen empty, empty canyons, many a deserted plain,
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But there's nothing as lonely as the city at night when it starts to rain.
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And there's lots of dirt in the countryside, miles and miles of dirt,
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But there ain't no dirt like city dirt when it's layin' on the gutter street.

Yes, there's lots of people in the city, but somehow it isn't smart
That so many people live so close together and yet so far apart.
And yet people are leavin' the countryside - they're all city bound,
But they'd be so much better off if they would just turn around.

Yes, there's lots of people in the city, but somehow it isn't smart
That so many people live so close together and yet so far apart.
And yet people are leavin' the countryside - they're all city bound,
But they'd be so much better off if they would just turn around,

D7         G7      C
Head for a smaller town,
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If they would just turn around.

(Words and music by Phil Ochs, 1963)

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