(Darryl Hunt)
In the big city
Where the lights are low

Cold dirty ground
Where the rivers don't flow
Nothing's gonna change so throw it all away


In the big city
Where the kids will come cheap

And monsters prowl and never sleep
Don't cross the road if you haven't got the time of day


Well I lost my girl waiting for the train from Ride
I know she's out there somewhere
Selling all we got but I don't mind


In the big city
You can walk a thin line

Your mother won't know that you do a bit of crime
Your father's on the dole and he really hasn't got the time


In the big city
Where it's hard to see the sky
And the black earth trembles when the trains go by

And the bums on the corner tell you gently
To $#&@ off and die


Well I lost my girl and I missed my train to Ride
And I'm stuck here selling papers
And spitting on the ground when you walk by


In the big city
You can dance all night

Only if you're clean and the lads are not uptight
Or you may as well forget it and wait until the broad
daylight


In the big city
Where the suits don't look you in the eye

Learn how to laugh you'll be planning when to die
And don't expect any favours from the cars passing by


I lost my girl waiting for the train from Ride
Well I don't mind matching colours or parking people's cars
ANd telling little lies if that's alright


In the big city