"UPTOWN" lyrics

Trying to find my way
Just to get to you
But these people out here
Playing with me fast and loose
Headed uptown, I'm on the way
Ain't no tellin' how I'm gonna make it today

I'll take a car, ride the bus to a train
Just to get to where you are
How much longer can I wait for
Time o put me back on the line

Ay-yi, I don't understand
Ay-yi, nothing ever goes as planned
Ay-yi, Murphy's Law of the land
Ay-yi, ay-yi-yi

9-to-5 ain't hittin' like it used to do
And I'm caught up in the struggle of the red and blue
I'm heading uptown, I'm on the way
Ain't nobody gonna steal my joy today

Take a beat from a breath to another
Just to be right where you are
Million years or a minute tick by
And I'm back on the line

Ay-yi, I don't understand (I don't understand it)
Ay-yi, nothing ever goes as planned
Ay-yi, Murphy's Law of the land
Ay-yi, ay-yi-yi

Ay-yi, tough for me to understand
Ay-yi, nothing ever goes as planned
Ay-yi, that's the universal hand
Ay-yi, ay-yi-yi

Ay-yi, ay-yi
Ay-yi, ay-yi
Ay-yi, ay-yi
Ay-yi, ay-yi