Big cities, are not the place for me
People crowd together, livin' in misery
If you walk street blocks at night
You'll be sacred as you can be
There's a god watchin' with a gaunt
When you buy your groceries

How can you live like that?
How can you live like that?

The stores are all closed, long before it gets dark
And you ladies are afraid, to walk alone in the park
You're afraid to go to sleep, when your neighbors dog lets out a bark
And mother's standing on the street corner, happy as a lark

How can you live like that?
How can you live like that?

You're tryin' to park out front, all long the street(?)
All you wanna do is just buy some food, to carry out to eat
If you ride the public transportation, you better take a front seat
And when you hear the ambulance and police siren you know your life's complete

How can you live like that?
How can you live like that?
People have bars on their windows, three locks on the door
Have a pistol under their pillow, a shotgun on their floor
One thing about crime in the big city-
They rob the rich and kill the poor
And city officials keep sayin' they can't do much more

How can you live like that?
How can you live like that?

How can you find the sun shine, when you can't see through the pollution?
How can you live like that?
How can can you live in one room when you spill the dust from your neighbor's broom?
I said how can you live like that
How can you stand the pace in such a crowded place?
How can you live like that?
How can you keep your feet with all these holes in this street
How can you live like that?
When are you going to realize, thugs and crimes are on the rise
How can you live like that?