Living For The City-Gillan

[ti:Living For The City] [ar:Gillan] [al:Greatest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living For The City - Gillan [00:16.37]A boy is born in hard time Mississippi [00:19.26] [00:20.26]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:23.31] [00:24.27]His parents give him love and affection [00:27.36] [00:28.17]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:31.45]Living just enough just enough for the city [00:37.61] [00:40.09]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:43.15] [00:44.06]And you can bet he hardly makes a dollar [00:47.27] [00:47.88]His mother goes to scrub the floor for many [00:51.19] [00:52.04]You'd best believe she hardly makes a penny [00:55.16] [00:55.76]Living just enough just enough for the city [01:00.12] [01:04.00]His sister's black but she is sure enough pretty [01:07.25] [01:08.00]Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy [01:11.15] [01:11.96]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:15.08] [01:15.98]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:19.42]Living just enough just enough for the city [01:23.74] [01:42.37]Her brother's smart he got more sense than many [01:45.35] [01:46.29]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [01:49.33] [01:50.24]To find a job is like a haystack needle [01:53.44] [01:54.35]But where he lives they don't use colored people [01:57.62]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:02.28] [02:05.69]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty [02:09.37] [02:10.20]He spends his time walking the streets of New York City [02:13.22] [02:14.16]He's almost dead from breathing air pollution [02:17.30] [02:18.16]He tried to vote but for him there's no solution [02:21.16]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:25.89] [03:07.80]I hope you hear this voice and song of my sorrow [03:11.06] [03:12.02]And it motivates you to make a better tomorrow [03:16.02]This place is cruel no where could be much colder [03:19.19] [03:19.92]If we don't change the world will soon be over [03:23.16]Living just enough stoping just enough for the city [03:27.76] [03:31.44]Just enough just enough for the city [03:36.34] [03:39.31]Just enough just enough for the city [03:43.75] [03:47.22]Just enough just enough for the city