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Thread #145403   Message #3801319
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Jul-16 - 10:24 PM
Thread Name: Songs about city life
Subject: Lyr Add: CITY BOY (Phil Ochs)
This was mentioned by Rog Peek on 14 Jun 2012:

CITY BOY
As recorded by Phil Ochs on "A Toast to Those Who Are Gone" (1987)

I'm just a city boy, born and bred.
It's a city life I've led.
My pasture was a street.
I've never climbed a tree.
Ah, but that's all right with me,
'Cause I'm a city boy.

I'm just a city boy, born and raised.
From these rooftops I have gazed,
Where the grass was made of steel.
I've never plowed a field.
Till the pavement starts to peel,
I'll be a city boy.

I'm just a city boy, born and grown.
That's all I've ever known.
Where the lights would greet the dawn,
There's a factory for a farm.
Sure the city has its charm,
When you're a city boy—
When you're a city boy.