Lyrics to
Living For The City

This version of Living For The City was released by Bonnie Tyler in 1978.

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A boy is born in Hardtime, Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong, movin’ in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city, Yeah

His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny
Living just enough, just enough for the city

His sister’s black, but she is sho ’nuff pretty
Her skirt is short, but Lord her legs are sturdy
To walk to school, she’s got to get up early
Her clothes are old, but never are they dirty
Living just enough, just enough for the city

Her brother’s smart, he’s got more sense than many
His patience’s long, but soon he won’t have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle, ’cause
Where he lives, they don’t use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city
Living just enough for the city

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Bonnie Tyler has released many songs over the years besides Living For The City. Bonnie Tyler released songs from 1977 to 2005 spanning across albums like The World Starts Tonight, Natural Force (a.k.a. It's A Heartache), Diamond Cut, Goodbye To The Island, Faster Than The Speed Of Night, Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire, Hide Your Heart (a.k.a. Notes From America), Bitterblue, Angel Heart, Silhouette In Red, Free Spirit, All In One Voice, Heart Strings (a.k.a. Heart & Soul), Simply Believe, and Wings. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Tyler.

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About Lyrics and Living For The City by Bonnie Tyler

The lyrics to Living For The City are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bonnie Tyler in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Living For The City are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bonnie Tyler and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Living For The City back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Living For The City by Bonnie Tyler in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Living For The City" means the words set to the music of Living For The City, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Tyler. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Living For The City and the lyrics to Living For The City are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Tyler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Living For The City, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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