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Hard Times in New York Town (Bob Dylan cover)
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Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song
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Sing it to you right, but you might think it's wrong
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Just a little glimpse of a story I'll tell
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About an East Coast city that you all know well
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It's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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Old New York City is a friendly old town
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From Washington Heights to Harlem on down
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There's a-mighty many people all milling all around
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They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down
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It's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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It's a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate
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To Rockefeller Plaza and the Empire State
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Mister Rockefeller sits up as high as a bird
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Old Mister Empire never says a word
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It's hard times from the country
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Living down in New York town
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Well, it's up in the morning tryin'g to find a job of work
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Stand in one place until your feet begin to hurt
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If you got a lot of money, you can make yourself merry
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If you only got a nickel, it's the Staten Island Ferry
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And it's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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Mister Hudson come a-sailing down the stream
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And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream
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Bought your city on a one-way track
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If I had my way I'd sell it right back
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And it's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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I'll take all the smog in California
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And every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains
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And the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines
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It's all much cleaner than the New York kind
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And it's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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So all you newsy people, spread the news around
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You can listen to my story, listen to my song
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You can step on my name, you can try and get me beat
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When I leave New York, I'll be standing on my feet
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And it's hard times in the city
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Living down in New York town
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