City People, City Things
Urban Dreams Unveiled: Josh Rouse's Reflection on City Life
Lyrics
City people and the city things
City dwellers and urban lifestyle.
Window shoppin' and the noisy train
Observing storefronts and the noise of the train.
It's all fine, just dropped by
Casually visiting or passing through.
To check in on the city old
Checking on the history or essence of the city.
Left my family for a city dream
Leaving one's family for a dream in the city.
Waiting tables just to make ends meet
Working as a waiter to make a living.
Just the way it's supposed to be
Accepting the challenges of city life as normal.
Story I'm from a small town boy
Narrator's background as a small-town individual.
And when friends call
Receiving calls from friends.
It's always nice to go out
Enjoying going out when friends call.
And there's something telling me I might belong
Feeling a sense of belonging in the city.
I might belong
Reiterating the potential belonging in the city.
New york city got the best of me
New York City posing challenges for the narrator.
Loosing money and I get no sleep
Experiencing financial loss and sleep deprivation.
Lonely nights, poppin' light
Nights filled with solitude and city lights.
When the city wear the pity old
The city wearing down the narrator with its challenges.
Another year and I'll be on my feet
Hopeful about improvement in the coming year.
I knew a harbor down on liquor street
Reference to a place on Liquor Street.
I socialize, but lost ? flies
Socializing, but something is lost or uncertain.
Living pretty in the city old
Living attractively in the historical part of the city.
And when friends call
Responding positively when friends call.
It's always nice to go out
Enjoying going out with friends.
And there's something telling me I might belong
Feeling a sense of belonging once again.
I might belong, I might belong
Reaffirming the possibility of belonging.
When I feel I can't take anymore
Expressing the narrator's emotional struggle.
There's a downtown train carry me home
Turning to a downtown train for solace and home.
Carry me home
Repetition of the desire to be carried home.
Sometimes friends calls
Responding positively when friends call.
It's always nice to go out
Enjoying going out with friends again.
And I'm coming to have the candle set
Anticipating a pleasant time with a candle setting.
Riding on the path on my back
Traveling or moving forward, possibly with burdens.
Something's telling me I found a home
Feeling that a home or sense of belonging is found.
Where I belong, where I belong
Reiterating the discovery of where the narrator belongs.
City people and the city things
Repeating the theme of city life and its elements.
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