Come on baby take a walk in the street light up to the city line
I want you to see there's a life in the distance beyond this city's night
In the morning I’ll be crossing over to leave it all behind
I'm asking you baby think it over
I want you by my side
Oh I don't know but I've been told this city air can drown your soul
Maybe. I don't know, though tend to feel they're right
Come on baby take the chance of a lifetime
Don't let him pass you by
Once it's gone he’s gonna keep on walking and that will be goodbye
Yes I will be leaving come the morning light
And I will be headed for the city line
In the hours before dawn
before you go down your third time
I hope you do decide to be by my side when I cross that line
Copyright © 1993: albinosongs & John Quincy Adams
The MUSICIANS
Behind The Song...
City Line
I wrote this song based on a chord progression given to me by John Quincy Adams and feelings of despair that arose while trying to make ends meet inside an unforgiving city where a song in my head kept informing me, “if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!”