Bruce Springsteen - It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City Lyrics

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City Lyrics :

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look

Of a cobra I was born blue and weathered but I

Burst just like a supernova I could walk like

Brando right into the sunThen dance just like a

Casanova With my blackjack and jacket and hair

Slicked sweet Silver star studs on my duds like a

Harley in heat When I strut down the street I

Could feel its heartbeat The sisters fell back and

Said "Don't that man look pretty" The cripple on

The corner cried out "Nickels for your pity" Them

Downtown boys sure talk grittyIt's so hard to be a

Saint in the city I was the king if the alley I

Could talk some trash I was the prince of the

Paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash I

Was the pimp's main prophet I kept everythning

Cool A backstreet gambler with the luck to lose

And when the heat came down it was left on the

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Ground The devil appeared like Jesus through the

Steam in the street Showin' me a hand I knew even

The cops couldn't beat I felt his hot breath on my

Neck as I dove into the heat It's so hard to be a

Saint when you're just a boy And the sages of the

Subway sit just like the living dead As the tracks

Clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed

Straightahead They ride the line of balance and

Hold on by just a thread But it's too hot in these

Tunnels you can get hit up by the heat You get up

To get out at your next stop but they push you

Back down in your seat Your heart starts beatin'

Faster as you struggle to your feet Then you're

Outa that hole and back up on the street And them

South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on

The corner cries out "Nickels for your pity" And

Them downtown boys sure talk grittyIt's so hard to

Be a saint in the city

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