This City

I lay in bed in my hotel room My senses they were swimmin' I heard the screams filling up the night I couldn't tell if it was cats or women The Persian carpet, the oilstained floor The mirrors on the ceiling The broken window, barricaded door The hollow, empty feeling This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down The prowling cars, the flashing lights Boyfriends from Tahiti The Pleasure Domes and the No-Go Zones Murder and graffiti You read the papers, you see the news Politicians and socialites The thousand colours, the unpaid dues You're living here in the black and white This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down Down the city fathers in all their wisdom Installed a brand new traffic system They ripped the heart out right Out of my town They did more damage than the wartime bombs This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down Down The prowling cars, the flashing lights The mirrors on the ceiling The prowling cars and the crumpled sheets The hollow, empty feeling This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down This city (This city) this city (This city) This city gets me up sometimes (This city) This city gets me down, down, down, down