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Crime In The City
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Well, the cop made the showdown
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He was sure he was right
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He had all of the lowdown
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From the bank heist last night
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His best friend was the robber
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And his wife was a thief
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All the children were killers
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They couldn't get no relief
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The bungalow was surrounded
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When a voice loud and clear
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Said, Come on out
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With your hands up
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Or we'll blow you out of here
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There was a face in the window
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The TV cameras rolled
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Then they cut to the announcer
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And the story was told
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The artist looked at the producer
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The producer sat back
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He said, What we have got here
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Is a perfect track
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But we don't have a vocal
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And we don't have a song
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If we could get
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These things accomplished
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Nothin' else could go wrong
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So he balanced the ashtray
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As he picked up the phone
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And said, Send me a songwriter
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Who's drifted far from home
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And make sure that he's hungry
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Make sure he's alone
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Send me a cheeseburger
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And a new Rolling Stone
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Yeah
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There's still crime in the city
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Said the cop on the beat
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I don't know if I can stop it
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I feel like meat on the street
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They paint my car like a target
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I take my orders from fools
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Meanwhile some kid
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Blows my head off
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Well, I play by their rules
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That's why I'm doin' it my way
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I took the law in my hands
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So here I am in the alleyway
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A wad of cash in my pants
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I get paid by a ten year old
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He says he looks up to me
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There's still crime in the city
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But it's good to be free
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Yeah
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Now I come from a family
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That has a broken home
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Sometimes I talk to Daddy
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On the telephone
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When he says that he loves me
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I know that he does
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But I wish I could see him
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I wish I knew where he was
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But that's the way
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All my friends are
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Except maybe one or two
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Wish I could
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See him this weekend
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Wish I could walk in his shoes
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But now I'm doin' my own thing
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Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad
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Although my home has been broken
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It's the best home I ever had
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Yeah
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Well, I keep gettin' younger
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My life's been funny that way
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Before I ever learned to talk
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I forgot what to say
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I sassed back to my mom
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I sassed back to my teacher
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I got thrown out of Bible school
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For sassin' back at the preacher
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Then I grew up to be a fireman
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Put out every fire in town
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Put out anything smokin'
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But when I put the hose down
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The judge sent me to prison
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He gave me life without parole
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Wish I never put the hose down
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Wish
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