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[ar:Bob Dylan]
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[00:01.72]Hard Times In New York Town --Bob Dylan
[00:03.53]Come you ladies and you gentlemen a-listen to my song
[00:05.90]Sing it to you right but you might think its wrong
[00:08.58]Just a little glimpse of a story Ill tell
[00:10.82]Bout an east coast city that you all know well
[00:13.51]Its hard times in the city
[00:17.38]Livin down in new york town
[00:19.89]Old new york city is a friendly old town
[00:22.48]From washington heights to harlem on down
[00:25.17]Theres a-mighty many people all millin all around
[00:27.85]Theyll kick you when youre up and knock you when youre down
[00:30.91]Its hard times in the city
[00:34.09]Livin down in new york town
[00:53.98]Its a mighty long ways from the golden gate
[00:56.25]To rockefeller plaza n the empire state
[00:58.74]Mister rockefeller sets up as high as a bird
[01:01.17]Old mister empire never says a word
[01:03.98]Its hard times from the country
[01:05.98]Livin down in new york town
[01:10.10]Well its up in the mornin tryin to fins a job of work
[01:12.79]Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt
[01:15.21]If you go a lot o money you can make yourself merry
[01:17.71]If you only got a nickel its the staten island ferry
[01:20.20]And its hard times in the city
[01:21.64]Livin down in new york town
[01:27.38]Mister hudson come a-sailin down the stream
[01:29.57]And old mister minuet paid for his dream
[01:32.13]Bought your city on a one-way track
[01:34.06]F I had my way Id sell it right back
[01:37.00]And its hard times in the city
[01:38.57]Livin down in new york town
[01:40.38]Ill take all the smog in cal-i-for-ne-ay
[01:43.93]N every bit of dust in the oklahoma plains
[01:47.95]N the dirt in the caves of the rocky mountain mines
[01:50.58]Its all much cleaner than the new york kind
[01:53.07]And its hard times in the city
[01:55.01]Livin down in new york town
[01:58.94]So all you newsy people spread the news around
[02:01.12]You cn listen to m story listen to m song
[02:03.62]You cn step on my name you cn try n get me beat
[02:06.62]When I leave new york Ill be standin on my feet
[02:08.92]And its hard times in the city
[02:10.55]Livin down in new york town