The city keeps on going...on.
Float down the river with my Iddy and Jay (??????)
Get off the boat and board a plan to JKF and I, ain't slept a week
But it don't seem to matter to the subway squeakers, squeak (and squeak)
The city keeps on going
We just keep on rolling
The city keeps on going
We just keep on rolling...on.
Grand Central Station and got wind they're coming on
And the goodness yesterday(????)
No one round oh and I still recognize her after all these years and she still looks the same
Ah, she still looks the same.
Oh and we end up in Brooklyn
It was rainin' so hard
Come up all day
And the rain to clear it off,
Oh we're just people watching on 3rd and St. Mormons (???)
And when the girl's kissing my face, my face
She was just kissing my face
And again, again...
Just when I was sick and lonely,
There was a shaking on the ground
We were hiding from the rain
We were riding on the train
Just when I was sick and lonely,
There was a shaking on the ground
Were were hiding from the rain
Were were riding on the train.
She was dancing on the midway
Just kissing my face
She was dancing on the midway
Just kissing my face
Dancing on the midway
Kissing my face
Dancing on the midway
Just waving goodbye.
Get off the boat and board a plan to JKF and I, ain't slept a week
But it don't seem to matter to the subway squeakers, squeak (and squeak)
We just keep on rolling
The city keeps on going
We just keep on rolling...on.
And the goodness yesterday(????)
No one round oh and I still recognize her after all these years and she still looks the same
Ah, she still looks the same.
It was rainin' so hard
Come up all day
And the rain to clear it off,
Oh we're just people watching on 3rd and St. Mormons (???)
And when the girl's kissing my face, my face
She was just kissing my face
There was a shaking on the ground
We were hiding from the rain
We were riding on the train
Just when I was sick and lonely,
There was a shaking on the ground
Were were hiding from the rain
Were were riding on the train.
Just kissing my face
She was dancing on the midway
Just kissing my face
Dancing on the midway
Kissing my face
Dancing on the midway
Just waving goodbye.
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There lyrics are quite off, you can find accurate lyrics here:
http://kevin.cafe150.com/only_four_seasons/the_city.txt
my favourite song by Joe Purdy
Here's the correct lyrics per the site above
The city keeps on going on
Float down the river with my Matty D and Jay Get off the boat and board a plane to JFK and I Haven't slept in a week But it don't seem to matter to the subway squeakers squeaking at my feet
The city keeps on going We just keep on rolling The city keeps on going We just keep on rolling on
Grand Central Station got a windy coming down Independence yesterday, ain't no one around Oh I still recognize her after all these years She still looks the same Oh she still looks the same
(chorus)
When we left Brooklyn it was raining so hard Come up on 8th and the rain it cleared off We're just people watching on 3rd and St. Mark's Wendy girl just kissing my face, my face She was just kissing my face
(chorus x2)
Just when I was sick and down There was a shaking on the ground We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train Just when I was sinking down There was a shaking on the ground We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train
She was dancing on the midway Just kissing my face She was dancing on the midway
This song to me revolves around two things... his love for the city and the girl that's living in it. It's like a story. Joe Purdy seems to be more familiar with the country as stated in his previous songs. So in this song it's hard not to assume that he's traveling to a city he's never been to before. So pretty much he's describing a situation in which he goes to this city and see's a girl he's been in love with and that nothing has changed about her. He describes that the city keeps "going" and what's beautiful about that is that he's saying as life goes on, she never seems to loose her beauty.
That's just my take on the song!