C-I-T-Y

On the south side of Detroit City

I'm workin' all night on the line

Under black smokestacks buildin' Cadillacs, stacked

Not one of them will ever be mine

But I'm gonna make it out of the city

Got an American dream, that's true

Want a big red car and a big white house

And a blue-eyed girl like you

You can spend all of my money, honey

Na, na, na, na

Your man has come

It's alright

I'm livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Talkin' hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Life here ain't no dream

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

I'm workin' hard nights in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Do you know what I mean?

Times are tough in the Motor City

Where the bright lights used to shine

I got two rooms lookin' down a one-way street

Starrin' out at a dead-end sign

Little girl, I'm gonna be somebody

It's the last thing I ever do

Buy the prettiest things good money can bring

There ain't nothing I won't do for you

And you can spend all my money, honey

Na, na, na, na

Your man has come

It's alright

I'm livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Talkin' hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Life here ain't no dream

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

I'm workin' hard nights in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Do you know what I mean?

I'm livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Talkin' hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Life here ain't no dream

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

I'm workin' hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Do you know what I mean?

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Talkin' hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Life here ain't no dream

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

I'm workin' hard nights in the city

I'm livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Do you know what I mean?

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Talking hard times in the city

Livin' in the C-I-T-Y

Life here ain't no dream