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Genre
Charts
Peak #167
Peak in subgenre #29
Author
Antares
Rights
1984
Uploaded
September 07, 2012
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MP3 4.5 MB • 128 kbps • 4:54
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Lyrics
City Hall, City Hall
Everybody says you can’t fight City Hall
You can phone in, you can write
You can shout till you’re blue
You can even tell Hotline your plight
You can sit up & beg, you can grovel & crawl
You can even keep on banging your head
Against the wall – but you know you can’t fight
You just can’t fight City Hall
You’re standing on the corner
Minding your own business
Doing a brisk trade in putumayam
Suddenly a truck rolls up –
Little Man, you’re out of luck
Now you better pack up & duck (Hey you!)
‘Cause here come some meanies from City Hall
They’ve come to haul away your putumayam stall
And you know you can’t argue
You just can’t argue with City Hall
HAVE YOU GOT A LICENCE? HAVE YOU PAID YOUR FINE?
YOU CAN’T RELAX UNLESS YOU PAY A TAX
YOU NEED A LICENCE WHEN YOU WALK
NEED A LICENCE JUST TO TALK
YOU NEED A LICENCE IF YOU RUN
ANOTHER ONE IF YOU’RE HAVING FUN
NEED A LICENCE FOR YOUR TEETH
NEED A LICENCE JUST TO BREATHE
NEED A LICENCE FOR YOUR NOSE
NEED A LICENCE FOR YOUR TOES
IF YOU AIN’T GOT A LICENCE… WELL THAT’S TOO BAD
BUT IN YA GOES TO CITY HALL
City Hall, City Hall
Guess you need a special licence
Just to cower in the shadow of City Hall
Trying to make a living
Selling sweets & ciggies on the sidewalk
Finally got a licence, no one’s gonna push you around
But hold it! – here come a coupla City Hall clowns
Marching down the five-foot-way (hey hey hey)
Ain’t that enough to ruin anybody’s day?
Well, they grab a pack of Benson each
And then they swagger on
Conveniently forgetting to pay
And you know you can’t collect
Nobody collects from City Hall
HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR LICENCE? ARE YOU TOEING THE LINE?
HAVE YOU GIVEN US ENOUGH OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME?
DO YOU HAVE A PERMIT TO RENT OR BUY OR SELL?
OH WELL, I GUESS SOMEHOW WE MUST ADAPT -
BUT HONESTLY THAT’S A LOAD OF CRAP!
SO FOLKS I DON’T MIND TELLING YOU
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE YELLING
GO TO HELL, CITY HALL!
City Hall, City Hall
And I’m not talking about Carnegie or the Royal Albert Hall
(Lots of funky things happen in there, you know)
I’m talking about City Hall
(Otherwise known as Dewan Bandaraya-ya-ya-yaieee)
And I’m not talking about Siti Hawa
(That’s Salleh Joned’s daughter and she’s grown up beautiful and tall)
No I’m talking about silly old City Hall,
Stupid old City Hall, sh** ty old City Hall
But you might as well be, you might as well be talking to a wall
City Hall, City Hall,
Oh won’t you help me find a city
Where there ain’t no such thing as City Hall
Antares © 1983-2012
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