Could be any large city, but it's probably L.A.

L.A.D.T (LIVIN' IN A DIRTY TOWN)
Willie P. Bennett 1993

In this world of human schemes
False prophets, and troubled dreams
Witless wise men, idiot savants
People making promises they never meant
The check-out maiden's private hell
What about her broken dreams and mending spells?
All that spare change and fancy cars
`Til she goes home to dream of cinema stars

Up and down, up and down her street all night
Who wants to buy? Whose sins are righteous?
Who wants to fight? Whose god is right?
Who's got the blues tonight?

I can't move; I'm glued to my chair
Too manic to sleep; too tired to care
Gin-soaked Jenny knows it well
You gotta keep movin' on
The wind is restless; all the trees are bent
What about those broken dreams that came and went?
If I was a sailor, I'd circumnavigate
Just to keep movin' on like a double E freight

Down here there's dyin', dealin' and cryin'
And pissin' in the wind
Tornadoes and twisters and brothers and sisters
No such thing as original sin
Up and down your streets, everybody's out there
Scratchin' for a buck
You know there's the pros and cons
And people runnin' out of luck

Sleight of hand or magic cures
So much medicine, the doctor's obscure
There's good or bad and there's fact or opinion
There's abscessed egos in your obsessed religions
The wind is restless; all the trees are bent
What about those broken dreams that came and went?
Junkie Johnny died of fright
He got caught; the dirty face was right
Gotta keep movin' on, movin' on
Gotta keep movin' on, movin' on

Up and down the streets all night
Who wants to buy? Whose sins are righteous?
Who wants to fight? And whose god is right?
And who's got the blues tonight?

Livin' in a dirty town
Livin' in a dirty town
Livin' in a dirty town

Down here there's dyin', dealin' and cryin'
And pissin' in the wind
Tornadoes and twisters and brothers and sisters
No such thing as original sin
Up and down your streets, everybody's out there
Scratchin' for a buck
And you know there's the pros and cons
And people that's gonna get hurt

Well, dance your little sidewalk dance
Here's to the dreamers that can advance
Dance your little sidewalk dance
Here's to the dreamers that can advance