I walk the streets of my city
and Iâm so dismayed when I realize how shitty things are
Little boys yelling cat calls from their mommyâs cars
and all the rest are getting drunk down at the corner bars
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What happened to, âHello, how are you?â
Where did it go, I really donât know
Am I the only one who can see
I need to quit this crazy scene
I need to go and live my dream
I walk the streets of my city
and I see the girls at the clubs shaking what they can
and, yes of course, all the men pay attention to them
and here I am, just a girl with her piano singing
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Well Iâm not pretty, and Iâm not commercial
but at least I live what I sing about
and thatâs more than I can say for you in your halter top
with pretty pop songs, and your dancers, and your bodily enhancers
Oh what has this world come to
I hope I never turn out like you
I walk the streets of my city
and I see the man on the corner searching for some bus fare
people disregard his presence, but they know damn well heâs there
and I cry, oh I cry âcause life can be so unfair
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