City Boy Lyrics - The Animals

Well, I came back to the city 

And it wasn't very pretty, 

It was dying 

There were some who had more than they could eat 

And other with no shoes up on their feet, 

They were crying 

I saw a brother sell his brother 

While the cops held another, 

They were laughing 

I saw two dogs in the street, 

A black one and a white one, 

They were fighting 

If it isn't very pretty 

Why do they stay in the city 

And watch it dying? 

Why don't I go back to the country 

And sit beneath a plum tree with my sweet little girl, 

And listen to her singin'? 

It's because I'm caught in a trap 

Lord, and you know where that's at 

It sure ain't the country 

Oh, Lord knows, it ain't the country 

It's because its the way I see it every night and day 

I hope to change it 

I'm just at city boy, 

City boy, thats me 

Hey! City boy, city boy 

Yeah, yeah, city boy, 

Oh Lord, city boy 

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