She's Like a City

She's like a city, like a city I come to

She's like a city, like a city I drive through

There is a down town

Where advertisements shout enticements and threats

There are a suburbs

Where nothing much grows and the paint's still wet

There are places that I run to, 'cause they're safe

And there are places I won't go

She's like a city, like a city I come from

She's like a city, like a city where I belong

Sometimes I'll walk past a doorway

Where there's a freak show going on

Or I'll stand on a bridge above a highway

And below me a stream of engines and they're singing:

We can't take this place

But we take this place

And we love this place

But we hate it here, let's go away

But we don't go away

We think we'll stay

Will she let us stay?

Will she take us in?

Like a city, like a city, like a city

She's like a city, like a city, like a city

She's like a city, like a city, like a city

She's like a city, like a city, like a city

She's like a city