Hard Time In New York Town (Live)

Hard Time In New York Town (Live) - Bob Dylan

Come you ladies and you gentlemen a-listen to my song

Sing it to you right but you might think its wrong

Just a little glimpse of a story Ill tell

Bout an east coast city that you all know well

Its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town

Old new york city is a friendly old town

From washington heights to harlem on down

Theres a-mighty many people all millin all around

They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down

Its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town

Its a mighty long ways from the golden gate

To rockefeller plaza n the empire state

Mister rockefeller sets up as high as a bird

Old mister empire never says a word

Its hard times from the country

Livin down in new york town

Well its up in the mornin tryin to fins a job of work

Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt

If you go a lot o money you can make yourself merry

If you only got a nickel its the staten island ferry

And its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town

Mister hudson come a-sailin down the stream

And old mister minuet paid for his dream

Bought your city on a one-way track

F I had my way Id sell it right back

And its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town

Ill take all the smog in cal-i-for-ne-ay

N every bit of dust in the oklahoma plains

N the dirt in the caves of the rocky mountain mines

Its all much cleaner than the new york kind

And its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town

So all you newsy people spread the news around

You cn listen to m story listen to m song

You cn step on my name you cn try n get me beat

When I leave new york Ill be standin on my feet

And its hard times in the city

Livin down in new york town