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City of Love Lyrics
City of love City of love City of love
Once bitten twice shy
No-no regrets at all
Justice-body smooth take over
Good girls they work they city
Good guys they spike you hard
How they jive and jingle
When you're in their backyard
Street corner wonder lust
Beckoning the good guy
Take this get that
Have a good time
He young and tactile
He ready for anything that is
How they jive and jingle
They've read the book that gives
We'll be waiting for the night
We'll be waiting for the night to come
We'll be waiting for the night
We'll be waiting for the night to come
Supervise this good treatment
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So the street guys so observant
Take him for a ride
Have a good time
Like a legend the man he sharp
His woman gladly watching
As he strides out of the dark
Better be quick get away
We'll be waiting for the night
We'll be waiting for the night to come
We'll be waiting for the night
We'll be waiting for the night to come
Solo
Good timing has it's good price
One trick and you're stuck with the dice
How they jive and jingle
When you're their sacrifice
Fast as lightning
Go-go get high-He's looking good
Once bitten twice shy
No woman no cry
No woman don't cry
We'll be waiting for the night
We'll be waiting for the night to come
(repeat 3 x)
Once bitten twice shy
No-no regrets at all
Justice-body smooth take over
Good girls they work they city
Good guys they spike you hard
How they jive and jingle
When you're in their backyard
Beckoning the good guy
Take this get that
Have a good time
He ready for anything that is
How they jive and jingle
They've read the book that gives
We'll be waiting for the night to come
We'll be waiting for the night to come
Alternative line by line
So the street guys so observant
Take him for a ride
Have a good time
Like a legend the man he sharp
His woman gladly watching
As he strides out of the dark
Better be quick get away
We'll be waiting for the night to come
We'll be waiting for the night to come
One trick and you're stuck with the dice
How they jive and jingle
When you're their sacrifice
Go-go get high-He's looking good
Once bitten twice shy
No woman no cry
No woman don't cry
We'll be waiting for the night to come
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Sadly, this seems to be all about prostitution in the big city, with such lovely imagery as, "Good girls they work they city, Good guys they spike you hard", and "Good timing has it's good price, One trick and you're stuck with the dice". I'm not sure why they put this at the end of 90125, but perhaps it reflected Trevor Rabin's growing up in South Africa. Anyway, the music in this one is enough to pull through all that hedonistic immorality, in my humble opinion.
I love the way this song eschews grammar, apparently to create a sort of sound-sculpture that appears to still convey some kind of real meaning.
When someone tries to claim that you can't have real poetry that doesn't rhyme (and I will agree with them that it must have more aesthetic value than prose), this is the first example I think of. It's beautiful, but there's little or no attempt to rhyme.
The prose in this song is a bit all-over-the-place, but I think it is about, like one poster said, prostitution in the big city. But it's also a personal tale about an otherwise "good man" who is tempted to play with a prostitute, and he thinks he is clever and quick enough to get away with it, so his wife won't find out. But she's smarter than he is and is following him. She sees what he's up to, sees him sneaking out of the dark after his tryst. The ending, "No woman, no cry" is a Bob Marley reference to a song of that name, where he advises a woman who is crying to forget about the past and focus on her future, whatever she may decide to do. Good advice!
hey 1lb, you're from a Rush song. Anyway, this song has a cool, non-Yes type beat and has 80's written all over it, and me likey.