Story Behind The Song

Some friends started a jam on this one day. We never really made a real song out of it. I decided one day to play around with it and changed the riff a good bit and wrote some words to it. I doubt if it's a winner but it was a lot of fun. So here it goes.

Song Description

It is about my teenage experiences in New York City. Of course I did puff it quite a bit.

Lyrics

DIRTY CITY
by Rusty Newcomer
1968
(INTRO)
WALKIN' DOWN THAT LONELY ROAD
HOPE MY MIND CAN HOLD THAT LOAD
MY BABY LEFT ME LATE LAST NIGHT
NOW I'M FEELIN' ALL UPTIGHT
(CHORUS)
I CAME TO THIS CITY FEELIN' FINE
FOUND OUT ABOUT LIFES DIRT AND GRIME
THOUGHT I KNEW ALOT OR ALL ABOUT ME
NOW I KNOW WE LOST HUMANITY
(CHORUS) (BRIDGE) (CHORUS)
LOOKIN' FOR A PLACE TO BUY A NICKLE PACK
SEEKIN' FOR THE MAN WHO CARRIES THE SACK
CONSULTIN' THE TIME IT'S HALF PAST TEN
HOPE MY BABY WILL SEE ME AGAIN
(CHORUS)
STANDIN' ON THE CORNER IS THE PUSHER MAN
HE WILL TAKE YOU BY THE HAND
HE'LL BE YOUR FRIEND AND SELL YOU POT
AND HE'LL STAY WITH YOU TILL YOU HIT THE TOP
(CHORUS) (BRIDGE)
ALWAYS THOUGHT MY BABY'S TRUE TO ME
TILL I SAW HER KISS A GUY ON CHRISTOPHER STREET
I THOUGHT I'D GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE
BUT THERE SHE ENDED OUR ROMANCE
(CHORUS)
GONNA LEAVE THIS DIRTY CITY BEHIND
GONNA POP MY PILLS GONNA ROLL MY MIND
GOIN' TO A PLACE WHERE THE GRASS GROWS FREE
LEAVIN' THIS PLACE FOR KENTUCKY
(CHORUS FADE)
DIRTY CITY YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE IT
DIRTY CITY NEVER GO SEE IT
DIRTY CITY I CAN'T CONCIEVE IT
DIRTY CITY YEAH

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Frank Pietrantoni (aka FrankLP)	Rock: Rock-n-Roll, Pop, Prog, Blues, or Punk	1/1/2024