I Wouldn't Live in New York (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town) Songtext
von Buck Owens

It ain′t nothin' but a concrete jungle, with people packed like sardines
Where everybody′s tryin', to live beyond their means
Where all the natives hurry, and scurry too and fro
And like fleas on a puppy dog, they got no place to go


I wouldn't live in New York City, if they gave me the whole damn town
Talk about a bummer, it′s the biggest one around
Sodom and Gommorah, was tame to what I found
I wouldn′t live in New York City, if they gave me the whole damn town

Well, I ain't seen the sunshine, since the day that I arrived
′Cause brother, I've been busy, a-tryin′ to survive
Nobody knows you've been here, ′til you're six-feet under ground
Then you become a statistic, if they remember to write you down

I wouldn't live in New York City, if they gave me the whole damn town
Talk about a bummer, it′s the biggest one around
Sodom and Gommorah, was tame to what I found
I wouldn′t live in New York City, if they gave me the whole damn town