hot and dirty in the city chords by Labi Siffre

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Hot and dirty in the city
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Just bummin' around and bein' free
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It ain't so easy bein' free
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When you're tired and
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hungry on the streets
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Mr.
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Po liceman says now move it son,
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don't let me catch you around here no more
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Standing there with his hand on his gun,
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hoping for more
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Try to remember just what it was like when you had some
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kind of place to go
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Hot and dirty in the city
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The way to heaven
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is in defeat
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Nighttime sequence down
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at the mission hall
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You get re ligion an
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d then you leave
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Missionary ladies with their charitable smiles
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You know they really mean you a lot of good
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Only trouble is they got to get on home
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I  wish I could
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Try to remember just what it was like
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And you had some kind of pride to show
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I  don't remember but it's just
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too long ago
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I don't want to die here in the city
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I don't really want to die at all
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I  just want to find myself a big fine
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lady in the bar
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Everybody's a hobo in the city
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Everybody's down and down
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Give me a dollar mister,
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I'll show you about
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Try to remember just what it was like
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When you knew just what
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you wanted to do
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Try to remember,
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then join me in the blue
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Try to remember just what it was like
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When you knew exactly
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what you wanted to do
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Try to remember,
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then join me in the blue
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