Linvin'in the City - John Butler Trio

Bells are ringing on your alarm clock

It’s six in the morning, man the race don’t stop

It’s just shit, shower, shave

Make it to the station

Waiting for the train…

Goddamn train late again

Hit the streets and they are seething

Ducking, weaving, begging, stealing

Got you kneeling, and you’re feeling

That you wanted more

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back, they don’t take no pity

Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back and they don’t take no pity

Well I get to the office and delete my spam

Delete me, delete my plans

Working everyday for the goddamn Man

Sometimes I wonder just who I am

Well I’m gonna go postal

Gonna have a death toll

Be the headhunter then I’m gonna move coastal

Everything gonna be just fine

Working everyday on my goldmine

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back, they don’t take no pity

Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back, don’t take no pity

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back, they don’t take no pity

Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty

That’s how it goes livin' in the city

Everybody getting down to the nitty-gritty

They don’t look back, they don’t take no pity

Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty