 summer in the city back of my neck getting dirty gritty thinned down isn't it a pity doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city all around people looking half dead walking on the sidewalk harder than a match head tonight it's a different world go out and find a girl come on come on if that's alright just fight the heat it'll be alright babe don't you know it's a pity the days can't be like the nights in the summer in the city summer in the city