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Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song.
Sing it to you right, but you might think it^,s wrong.
Just a little glimpse of a story I^,ll tell
"Bout an East Coast city that you all know well.
It^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.

Old New York City is a friendly old town,
From Washington Heights to Harlem on down.
There^,s a-mighty many people all millin^, all around,
They^,ll kick you when you^,re up and knock you when you^,re down.
It^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.

It^,s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate
To Rockefeller Plaza n^, the Empire State.
Mister Rockefeller sets up as high as a bird,
Old Mister Empire never says a word.
It^,s hard times from the country,
Livin^, down in New York town.

Well, it^,s up in the mornin^, tryin^, to find a job of work.
Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt.
If you got a lot o^, money you can make yourself merry,
If you only got a nickel, it^,s the Staten Island Ferry.
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And it^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.

Mister Hudson come a-sailin^, down the stream
And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream.
Bought your city on a one-way track,
^,F I had my way I^,d sell it right back.
And it^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.

I^,ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay,
^,N^, every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains,
^,N^, the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines.
It^,s all much cleaner than the New York kind.
And it^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.

So all you newsy people, spread the news around,
You c^,n listen to m^, story, listen to m^, song.
You c^,n step on my name, you c^,n try ^,n^, get me beat,
When I leave New York, I^,ll be standin^, on my feet.
And it^,s hard times in the city,
Livin^, down in New York town.
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