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Hard Times In New York Town lyrics

 

Song information

Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare & Unreleased, 1961-1991

 

Lyrics

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 fins a job of work
Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt
If you go a lot o' money you can make yourself merry
If you only got a nickel, it's the staten island ferry
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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"Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare & Unreleased, 1961-1991" album track list

  1. Angelina lyrics
  2. Blind Willie Mctell lyrics
  3. Call Letter Blues lyrics
  4. Catfish lyrics
  5. Eternal Circle lyrics
  6. Every Grain Of Sand lyrics
  7. Farewell Angelina lyrics
  8. Foot Of Pride lyrics
  9. Golden Loom lyrics
  10. Hard Times In New York Town lyrics
  11. He Was A Friend Of Mine lyrics
  12. House Carpenter lyrics
  13. I'll Keep It With Mine lyrics
  14. Idiot Wind lyrics
  15. If Not For You lyrics
  16. If You Gotta Go, Go Now lyrics
  17. If You See Her, Say Hello lyrics
  18. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry lyrics
  19. I Shall Be Released lyrics
  20. Kingsport Town lyrics
  21. Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie lyrics
  22. Let Me Die In My Footsteps lyrics
  23. Like A Rolling Stone lyrics
  24. Lord Protect My Child lyrics
  25. Mama, You Been On My Mind lyrics
  26. Man On The Street lyrics
  27. Moonshiner lyrics
  28. Need A Woman lyrics
  29. Nobody 'cept You lyrics
  30. No More Auction Block lyrics
  31. Only A Hobo lyrics
  32. Paths Of Victory lyrics
  33. Quit Your Low Down Ways lyrics
  34. Rambling, Gambling Willie lyrics
  35. Santa Fe lyrics
  36. Series Of Dreams lyrics
  37. Seven Curses lyrics
  38. Seven Days lyrics
  39. She's Your Lover Now lyrics
  40. Sitting On A Barbed-Wire Fence lyrics
  41. Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart lyrics
  42. Subterranean Homesick Blues lyrics
  43. Suze (The Cough Song) lyrics
  44. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues lyrics
  45. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues lyrics
  46. Talkin Hava Negeilah Blues lyrics
  47. Tangled Up In Blue lyrics
  48. Tell Me lyrics
  49. The Times They Are A-Changin' lyrics
  50. Walkin' Down The Line lyrics
  51. Wallflower lyrics
  52. Walls Of Red Wing lyrics
  53. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky lyrics
  54. When The Ship Comes In lyrics
  55. Who Killed Davey Moore? lyrics
  56. Worried Blues lyrics
  57. Ye Shall Be Changed lyrics
  58. You Changed My Life lyrics

 




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