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I Am The City Lyrics
Coming through a cloud you're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
And you feel a strange attraction
The air is vibrant and electrified
Welcome to me here I am my arms are open wide
Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
People come and take their chances
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot
I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be
People feed me with their lives I am a hungry soul
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
Dazzled by the crazy magic
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh
I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The parks and the squares that you see
All the sounds that you hear
And the air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be
I am the city
You let me be
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me
(Last line is sung simultaneously with next line)
Coming through a cloud
You're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
(Last line is sung simultaneously with next line)
I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
(Last line is sung simultaneously with next line)
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
You let me be
Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
(Last line is sung simultaneously with next line)
I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be
And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
(Last line is sung simultaneously with next line)
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
You let me be
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
And you feel a strange attraction
The air is vibrant and electrified
Welcome to me here I am my arms are open wide
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
People come and take their chances
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
Dazzled by the crazy magic
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The parks and the squares that you see
All the sounds that you hear
And the air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be
You let me be
I am the city
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me
You're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
I am the city
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
I am the city
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Wow, that's some deep insight there bigdave69. What exactly is "crap" about this song. I think it's a pretty good personification of a big city like New York. Many cities seem to have their own personality because of the amalgamation of peronalities that inhabit it.
I personally enjoy new wave 80's, by the sound of this song, ABBA would have been a great success in this era... and for how happy a song it sounds, it has a few vaguely dark lyrics, not unlike a major metropolis. I agree with dkoontz, this is simply a big city given a voice of its own.
Amazing song! A great description of what it's like in the Big City! :D
This was a pretty crappy song and it marked the decline of ABBA as a songwriting force because the songs just got really crap.
@bigdave69 Naah. ABBA in its later years recorded lots of songs with serious lyrics. By serious, I mean that Ulvaeus mastered English enough to play with it.
@bigdave69 Naah. ABBA in its later years recorded lots of songs with serious lyrics. By serious, I mean that Ulvaeus mastered English enough to play with it.
This particular song uses personification masterfully to describe the essence of any big city. And, like many, if not most, ABBA songs, there is a dark undercurrent to the lyrics. The city seduces, "my arms are open wide." But once inside those arms, "sometimes you lose a lot."
This particular song uses personification masterfully to describe the essence of any big city. And, like many, if not most, ABBA songs, there is a dark undercurrent to the lyrics. The city seduces, "my arms are open wide." But once inside those arms, "sometimes you lose a lot."
The imagery of "turmoil," "clamor," "grabbing pieces of the fatted calf," "revelation," and people who feed the city "with their lives"...
The imagery of "turmoil," "clamor," "grabbing pieces of the fatted calf," "revelation," and people who feed the city "with their lives" all add up to make a pretty dark pronouncement about the power of the metropolis.
Not "crap." Maybe not your cup of tea, but that doesn't make it crap. I find it quite literate and fascinating.