[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:02.06]Living For The City [00:11.87]A boy is born in hard time mississippi [00:16.58]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:21.53]His parents give him love and affection [00:25.70]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:30.51]Living just enough  just enough for the city   ee ha [00:41.02]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:45.83]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [00:50.70]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many [00:55.14]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [00:59.54]Living just enough  just enough for the city    yeah [01:27.14]His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty [01:31.98]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy [01:36.89]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:41.69]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:45.77]Living just enough  just enough for the city   um hum [01:56.69]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [02:01.26]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [02:06.21]To find a job is like a haystack needle [02:10.80]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:15.17]Living just enough  just enough for the city [02:52.22]Living just enough   For the city [05:17.97]His hair is long  his feet are hard and gritty [05:22.74]He spends his life walking the streets of new york city [05:27.48]He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution [05:32.28]He tried to vote but to him there's no solution [05:36.17]Living just enough  just enough for the city [05:43.93]Yeah  yeah  yeah [05:46.88]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow [05:51.35]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow [05:56.16]This place is cruel no where could be much colder [06:00.88]If we don't change the world will soon be over [06:04.82]Living just enough  stop giving just enough for the city