The sun goes down
The night rolls in
You can feel it starting all over again

The moon comes up
And the music calls
You're getting tired of staring at the same four walls

You're out of your room
And down on the street
Movin' through the crowd and the midnight heat

The traffic crawls
And the sirens scream
You look at the faces, it's just like a dream

Nobody knows where you're going
Nobody cares where you've been

'Cause you belong to the city
You belong to the night
Livin' in a river of darkness,
beneath the neon lights

You were born in the city
concrete under your feet
It's in your moves, it's in your blood
You're a man of the street

When you said goodbye,
you were on the run
Tryin' to get away from the things you'd done

Now you're back again,
and you're feeling strange
So much has happened, but nothing has changed

You still don't know where you're goin'
You're still just a face in the crowd

You belong to the city
You belong to the night
Livin' in a river of darkness
Beneath the neon lights

You were born in the city
Concrete under your feet
It's in your blood, it's in your moves
You're a man of the street

You can feel it, you can taste it
You can see it, you can face it
You can hear it, hey, you're getting near it, hey
You wanna make it, cause you can take it
You belong to the city, you belong to the night
You belong to the city, you belong to the night
You belong, you belong

"You Belong to the City" © 1985 Glenn Frey.

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