Joe Purdy

The City

Joe Purdy


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Intro 
 
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The city keeps on going...on.  
 
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Float down the river with my Iddy and Jay 
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Get off the boat and board a plan to JKF and I  
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ain't slept a week 
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But it don't seem to matter to the subway speakers  speak (and speak)  
 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling...on. 
 
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Grand Central Station and got wind they're coming on  
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And the goodness yesterday No one round oh 
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and I still recognize her after all these years 
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and she still looks the same 
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Ah  she still looks the same. 
 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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ooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn. 
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oh and oooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn 
 
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oh and we end up in Brooklyn It was rainin' so hard 
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Come up all day and the rain to clear it off  
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Oh we're just people watching on 3rd and St. Marks 
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And when the girl's kissing my face  
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my face          She was just kissing my face  
 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling And again  again...  
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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The city keeps on going 
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We just keep on rolling 
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ooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn. 
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oh and oooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn 
 
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 Just when I was sick and lonely  
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There was a shaking on the ground  
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We were hiding from the rain 
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We were riding on the train  
 
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 Just when I was sick and lonely  
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There was a shaking on the ground  
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We were hiding from the rain 
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We were riding on the train  
 
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She was dancing on the midway  
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Just kissing my face 
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She was dancing on the midway  
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Just kissing my face  
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Dancing on the midway  
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Kissing my face  
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Dancing on the midway 
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Just waving goodbye.