Dirty City

Album: Nine Lives (2008)
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  • The gangster came to see by boy
    When I was working nights to pay one more bill
    He promised the kid a sweeter life
    Said, "Gotta understand it's dog eat dog out there"
    Well I looked in his room when I got home
    And underneath the covers found a loaded gun
    He looked at me with empty eyes
    He said, "It's time for me to be moving on"

    [Chorus]
    Dirty city, this is a dirty town
    Where's the pity, I can't move on up to higher ground

    I spoke to my woman the other day
    She said, "I need more cash we can't pay our way"
    She said, "Everything gets really hard
    And I need something sweet, don't you understand?"
    The roar of the train runs by my room
    And on these summer nights I can't sleep anymore
    I walk in the streets to greet the dawn
    Or stay at home all night and stare at the floor

    [Chorus: x2]

    Help me now
    Move on to a higher ground
    Help somehow
    Make a move to a higher ground
    Won't you help somehow
    Make a move to a higher ground
    Won't you help somehow
    I need a little help

    [Chorus] Writer/s: PETER DOUGLAS GODWIN, PETER GODWIN, STEPHEN LAWRENCE WINWOOD, STEVE WINWOOD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Greg from Sharon Hill, PaThis is a great song, by two great musicians. Clapton's guitar playing compliments Winwood's voice very well.

    Clapton's guitar playing in the last 2+ minutes of the album version is pure genius
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