Poor City

We were children of circumstance

We threw away our best chance

A dull town in a quiet time

Squandered away our only birthright

No nice house with a paved drive

Long commutes on the clotted mainline

Sunsets on the vanishing line

Unbroken view of the sky

Here we are in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

Living poor in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

We are poor in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

Living poor

Been through a lot now you and I

You trudged and I played my alibi

Got high while you paid my bills

I charmed them all and you stood so still

We hide the worst and keep the best

And hope the rats don’t get the rest

We never call but that’s ok

‘Cause we got nothing good to say

Here we are in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

Living poor in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

We are poor in the city

But there’s no place where we’d rather be

Living poor

I learned the streets ‘till my feet were swollen

They spun my wheel ‘till my will was broken

Come home with a twisted knife

The sharp pain of a false life

Now tell me honey they can’t be right

Now tell me how they can’t be right

Now I work for the bottom line and kick the shit to the curb

Here we are