Bob Dylan Hard Times in New York song lyrics

Come you ladies and you gentlemen and listen to my song

Sing it to you right, but you might think it's wrong

Just a little glimpse of a story I'll tell

'Bout an east coast city that you all know well

It's hard times in the country, livin' down in New York town

Old New York city is a friendly old town

From Washington Heights to Harlem on down

There's a-mighty many people an' their millin' all around

They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down

It's hard times in the country, livin' down in New York town

Well, the weekend is strong and the rich and the poor

Get there together in roof an' no more

Crowdin' up 'bove and crowdin' down below

And someone disappears, you never even know

And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town

It's a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate

To Rockefeller Plaza n' the Empire State

Mister Empire sits up as high as a bird

And Ol' Mister Rockfeller never says a word

It's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town

Well, it's up in the mornin' tryin' to find a job of work

Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt

If you got a lot o' money you can make yourself merry

You only got a nickel, it's the Staten Island Ferry

And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town

Mister Hudson come a-sailin' down the stream

And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream

He bought this city on a one-way track

If I had my way I'd sell it right back

It's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town

I'll take all the smog in California

And every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains

And the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines

It's all much cleaner than the New York kind

It's hard times in the country, livin' down in New York town

So all you newsy people, spread the news around

You've listen to my story, you've listen to my song

You can step on my name, you can try and get me beat

When I leave New York, I'll be standin' on my feet

And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town