Rhapsody

[00:32.63] I turn the corner
[00:35.93] See a rat in the rubble
[00:38.67] As I try with all my might
[00:40.89] To put it out of mind
[00:44.41] I step on some Budweiser glass
[00:47.22] A limousine drives by
[00:51.02] A rich man turns the corner
[00:55.43] Sees a rat in the rubble
[00:58.01] He raises his smoked glass window
[01:01.09] And reads the Wall Street Journal
[01:07.66] Sky's not free
[01:10.17] River's not free
[01:12.84] I'm not free
[01:14.22] Life's not free
[01:16.08] In the city
[01:31.91] I'm told I too, must wear a tie
[01:34.63] Or they'll fire me
[01:37.14] From my boring, nothing job
[01:44.14] I guess a tie is the ornament of establishment
[01:48.12] Though it seems to me
[01:49.65] To be more of a leash than a bow
[01:53.18] So many people hound it to the pound
[01:56.63] So many people collar to the dollar
[02:03.76] Sky's not free
[02:06.15] River's not free
[02:07.79] I'm not free
[02:09.13] Life's not free
[02:10.77] In the city
[02:15.48] Ok, freedom is a state of mind, I agree
[02:19.95] But I need the elements
[02:23.56] To remind me why
[02:27.31] With all this steel, and concrete
[02:30.98] And noise about money
[02:33.93] Honey, you get tunnel vision
[02:37.90] You forget that there's earth
[02:39.27] Below the subway
[02:42.25] And beyond the scrapers
[02:44.12] There is sky
[02:46.11] ...'s not free
[02:48.55] River's not free
[02:51.11] I'm not free
[02:53.27] Life's not free
[02:55.21] In the city
[03:02.47] I plan a day in the country with you
[03:05.38] Having gotten home from work
[03:08.59] Last night at twelve-thirty AM
[03:13.78] Having fallen asleep
[03:15.01] Last night at three-thirty AM
[03:19.63] Because I couldn't shut down my mind
[03:22.51] To the city never sleeps
[03:26.01] As the phone rang this morning
[03:28.78] Your sweet voice was calling
[03:30.40] I looked at that clock
[03:32.25] How I hate that damn clock
[03:36.15] I excuse myself from our date
[03:38.25] Oh, fate, see I had to be
[03:40.66] Back by mid-afternoon
[03:42.98] And the travel time cuts in
[03:44.82] And the trains are always late
[03:47.32] And the station's on the east side
[03:49.33] And I know these are lame excuses
[03:51.29] And I'm so damn sorry
[03:54.23] I'm so damn sorry, Laury
[04:04.70] I know it's important
[04:06.42] But I feel like I've gotten
[04:09.03] My priorities beaten out of me
[04:12.39] With a rolled up New York Times
[04:16.77] And this leash
[04:18.85] Keeps yanking on my tie
[04:23.50] Sky's not free
[04:26.23] River's not free
[04:29.37] I'm not free
[04:30.76] Life's not free
[04:32.56] In the city
[04:38.24] I love "Rhapsody in Blue" too
[04:42.36] It's just that he was rich when he wrote it
[04:49.45] And only the rats, the roaches
[04:52.61] The rubble, and the rich men are free
[04:58.97] In the city
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