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Gotham City Lyrics
I'm lookin over the skyline of the city
How loud, quiet nights in the mist of crime
How next door to happiness lives sorrow
And signals of solution in the sky
[1] - A city of justice, a city of love
A city of peace, for everyone of us
We all need it, can't live without it
Gotham City, oh, yeah
How sleeping awake because of fear (ohh, yeah)
How children are drowning in their tears
How we need a place where we can go
A land where everyone will have a hero (even me)
[repeat 1, 1]
Yet in the middle of stormy weather
We won't stumble and we won't fall
I know a place that all of us shelter
[rpt 1...]
How loud, quiet nights in the mist of crime
How next door to happiness lives sorrow
And signals of solution in the sky
A city of peace, for everyone of us
We all need it, can't live without it
Gotham City, oh, yeah
How children are drowning in their tears
How we need a place where we can go
A land where everyone will have a hero (even me)
[repeat 1, 1]
We won't stumble and we won't fall
I know a place that all of us shelter
[rpt 1...]
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It's a real shame this song was released to tie in to such a poor film, because it's quickly dismissed as a result. I think this is the most beautiful ballad R. Kelly has ever done. Sure, the lyrics might not be particularly deep, it probably wasn't written from the heart. Taking it for what it is though, a pop-ballad, it's absolutely stunning.
This is a really smart, well done song. It is not nearly as cheesy as it could have been. Remember also that he had just done I Believe I Can Fly, which was beautiful but about as puke worthy as any corny song can be.