Hard Times In New York Town
Bob Dylan
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Come you ladCies and you genFtlemen a-liGsten to my soCng
Sing it to you rigFht but you miGght think it?s wrCong
Just a little glFimpse of a stGory I?ll teCll
?Bout an East Coast ciFty that you alGl know weCll
It?s hard times in the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York toCwn
Old NCew York CiFty is a friGendly old toCwn
From Washington HeiFghts to HarGlem on doCwn
There?s a-mighty many peFople all milGlin? all aroCund
They?ll kick you when you?re up and knFock you when you?re doCwn
It?s hard times in the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York toCwn
It?s a migChty long waFys from the GolGden GatCe
To Rockefeller PlaFza ?n? the EmGpire StCate.
Mister EmFpire sets up as hiGgh as a biCrd
Old Mister Rockefeller nevFer says a woCrd
It?s hard times from the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York toCwn
Well it?s uCp in the morFnin? tryin? to finGd a job of woCrk
Stand in one plaFce till your feGet begin to huCrt
If you got a lot o? monFey you can maGke yourself meCrry
If you only got a nicFkel it?s the StGaten Island FeCrry
And it?s hard times in the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York toCwn
Mister HudCson comFe a-saiGlin? down the strCeam
And old Mister MinuFet paiGd for his dreCam
Bought your ciFty on a onGe-way traCck
?F I had my way I?d seFll it right baCck
And it?s hard times in the countrFy
LiGvin? down in New York toCwn
I?ll taCke all the smFog in CalG-i-for-ne-aCy
?N? every bit of duFst in the OklaGhoma plaCins
?N? the dirt in the caFves of the RoGcky Mountain miCnes
It?s all much cleaFner than the NeGw York kiCnd
And it?s hard times in the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York toCwn
So alCl you newsy peoFple sprGead the news aroCund
You c?n listen to m? stoFry listGen to m? soCng
You c?n step on my naFme you c?n trGy ?n? get me beCat
When I leave New York I?ll be staFndin? on my feCet
And it?s hard times in the countrFy
LivGin? down in New York towCn F G C