Story Behind The Song
People always ask why I don't move to NYC or LA. Well, 'cause it's easier here in the Midwest... everything's easier.
Song Description
People always ask why I don't move to NYC or LA. Well, 'cause it's easier here in the Midwest... everything's easier.
| Song Length |
4:14 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, Cheerful |
Subject |
Happiness, State |
| Similar Artists |
John Cougar Mellencamp, David Gray |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Big City
©Renaissance Boy Recordings
My friends keep talking ?bout the big city
But I don?t think I wanna ever go
They like to think they like their life all ?big city?
But I sure like my life right here in Ohio
My friends keep talking like I just don?t get it
But I?ve been there enough to know how city life goes
You make the move to find your groove and then regret it
And when your chokin on your change the bitterness grows
Now don?t get me wrong
I still feel like I could belong
In a high rise with a Paulin chair
And a Rothko, at the foot of the stair
And a cat named Foucault
And a friend in Soho who sells? hats
I ain?t got nothing ?gainst the big city
All I?m saying is I don?t think that I?ll ever be
A lemming in a shiny metal box in the city
I?d rather breathe the air out here where I can feel free
You might think about the big city
And all the things they have for all the people to do
But I?m not so concerned with lookin? pretty
I?d rather hang out here with all the neighbors and you
Now don?t get me wrong
Give me a chance and I?ll go on and on
About Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridge
And the Cloisters, like a soul orphangage
A Greenwhich guitar
Or some hip Chelsea bar
And the Indian food
Served by my own guru
And the Cosmic Café
And the soft subtle way it slips in
But I can always find those things when I go and visit
A week or two to get my fix and back here I come
It?s not a sin for me to want to live in peace is it?
Life?s just better here when everything?s said and done
My friends are all here
There?s a two dollar beer
I own my own pad
The traffic?s not bad
When I breathe the air
I don?t lose all my hair
The cabbies aren?t pissed
And there?s no terrorists
My friends keep talking ?bout the big city
But I don?t think I wanna ever go
They like to think they like their life all ?big city?
But I sure like my life right here in Ohio
O-H-I-O