People sleepin' on the sidewalks on a rainy day
Families livin under freeways, it's the American way
Starvin' in the city while the farm goes to seed
Murder in the home and crime on the streets
Don't that trouble you, brother?
Don't that trouble you, pal?
Don't that trouble you, sister?
Well, that's life in the city
All our old hangouts are boarded up and closed
Or being sold to someone, nobody knows
I got a woman that loves me and I love her so
Shes all dressed up now with nowhere to go
Don't that trouble you, brother?
Don't that trouble you, pal?
Don't that trouble you, sister?
Well, that's life in the city
That's life in the city
Listen to me people, hear what I have to say
Ever since I was knee high, I rocked my blues away
But people sleepin' on the sidewalks and families in need
Murder in the home and crime on the streets
Don't that trouble you, brother?
Don't that trouble you, pal?
Don't that kill you, sister?
Well, that's life in the city