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"City Boy" lyrics

Phil Ochs Lyrics

"City Boy"

I'm just a city boy
Born and bred
It's a city life I've led
My pasture was a street
I've never climbed a tree
But that's all right with me
'Cause I'm a city boy

I'm just a city boy
Born and raised
From these rooftops I have gazed
Where the grass was made of steel
I've never plowed a field
Until the pavement starts to peel
I'll be a city boy

I'm just a city boy
Born and grown
That's all I've ever known
Where the lights would greet the dawn
There's a factory for a farm
Sure the city has its charm
When you're a city boy


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compilation: "A Toast To Those Who Are Gone" (1986)
Phil Ochs - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone compilation cover
The Trial
Do What I Have To Do
Ballad Of Billie Sol
Colored Town
A.M.A. Song
William Moore
Paul Crump
Going Down To Mississippi
I'll Be There
Ballad Of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)
No Christmas In Kentucky
A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
I'm Tired
City Boy
Song Of My Returning
Morning
We Seek No Wider War
Song Of A Soldier
The Confession
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