Story Behind The Song
I wrote this song initially from an idea I jotted down while driving through downtown Tokyo coming back home with my band from a studio practice session (imagine the taxi scene from Lost In Translation). While at a stop light I looked over and saw a young
Song Description
The deeper meaning is a look at how our environment can shape us in a negative way if we don't take control of our own lives and change ourselves in order to see the reality of the world around us. In this sense the "City Girl" thinks she is going to find
| Song Length |
4:42 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless |
Subject |
Searching for Love |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
CITY GIRL by Richard C. (Kluso) Tollini © 2004
(1st Verse)
Young girl, cold and lost in the city (Makes you tough don?t it )
All the young men think yur so pretty (You know, in that city kinda way)
An?now____________your bummin? makin? jus?enough to get by, and
Café chic ain?t nothin?but slummin' and now you wondering why
(Prechorus)
You?ll never find your Sugar Daddy--You?ll never drive no Cadillac
Y?could go home to Momma and Pap --If they?d take your back
(2nd Verse)
Living like a flash in the pan Let?s you be who wanna be
So you never have to make a stand an?you think that sets your free?
Ohhh__________________living It?s not a flash in the pan
And alllll_____that you?re given? you?ll never understand
(prechorus)
There?ll never be a guardian angel -there?ll never be a shining knight
You?ll never be a Cinderella even tho? you dream that you might
(chorus)
Ohhhhh___________ you?re just a city girl
Yeah________yeh, yeah in a great big world
(Bridge)
So sleep pretty baby now its alright as your life just seems to pass you by
You?re gonna see one day before its too late and you?ll finally realize
What you?re looking for was right in front of your eyes
(Interlude)
(Prechorus refrain)
There?ll never be a guardian angel - there?ll never be a shining knight
You?ll never be a Cinderella even tho? you stay up all night
(Chorus)
Ohh________ You?re such a silly girl
Yeah________yeh, yeh in a mixed up world
Ohhhhh___________ you?re just a city girl
Yeah________yeh, yeah in a great big world