You pack your bags And you move to the city
Theres somethin missin here at home
You fix your hair and youre lookin real pretty
Its time to get it out on your own
Youre always fightin with your mama and you papa
Your family life is one big pain!
When you, you gonna move to the city?
Into the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move
You stole your mamas car
And your daddys plastic credit card
Youre sixteen and you cant get a job
Youre not goin very far
Youre always ridin with the teachers and the police
This life is much too insane
When you, you gonna move to the city?
Into the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move
Right to the city Where the real men get it
Aw, child, aint it a pity?
Sometimes it gets too shitty
Come on and hit me
Youre on the streets And it aint so pretty
You need to get a new what you please
You do what you gotta do for the money
At times you end up on your knees
Im always buyin With the local and the junkies
This city life is one big pain!
But you, you had to move to the city
Into the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move
Oh right to the city With the real nitty gritty
Aw, child, aint it a pity?
Sometimes it gets too shitty
Come on and hit me