Текст песни: Hard Times In New York Town + перевод

Come you Ladies and you Gentlemen, a-listen to my song

Sing it to you right but you might think it’s wrong

Just a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell

«Bout an East Coast city that you all know well

It’s hard times in the country

Livin' down in New York town

Old New York City is a friendly old town

From Washington Heights to Harlem on down

There’s a-mighty many people in a millin' all around

They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down

It’s hard times in the country

Livin' down in New York town

Well, the weak and the strong and the rich and the poor

Gather together, ain’t room for no more

Crowded up above, crowded down below

And when someone disappears, you never even know

It’s hard times from the country

Livin' down in New York town

It’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate

To Rockefeller Plaza an' the Empire State

Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird

And old Mister Rockefeller never says a word

It’s hard times from the country

Livin' down in New York town

Well, it’s up in the mornin', tryin' to fins a job of work

Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt

If you got a lot o' money you can make yourself merry

If you only got a nickel, it’s the Staten Island Ferry

It’s hard times from the country

Livin' down in New York town

Mister Hudson come a-sailin' down the stream

And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream

Bought your city on a one-way track

'F I had my way, I’d sell it right back

It’s hard times from the country

Livin' down in New York town

I’ll take all the smog in Californeay

An' every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains

An' the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines

It’s all much cleaner than the New York kind

It’s hard times in the country

Livin' down in New York town

Said all you newsy people that spread the news around

You listen to my story, you listen to my song

You can step on my name, you can try an' get me beat

When I leave New York, I’ll be standin' on my feet

It’s hard times from the country

Livin' down in New York town

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