You pack your bags and you move to the city
There's something missin' here at home
You fix your hair and you lookin' real pretty
It's time to gettin' out on your own
You're always fightin' with your mama and your papa
Your family life is one big pain
When you gonna move to the city
To the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, time you gotta move
You stole your mamas' car
And your daddys' plastic credit card
You're sixteen and you can't get a job
You're not goin' very far
You're always fightin' with the teachers and the police
This life is much too insane
When are you, you gonna move to the city
To the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, time you gotta move
To the city with the real nitty gritty
Aw child ain't it a pity
Sometimes it gets too shitty
Come on and hit me
You're on the streets and it ain't so pretty
At least you get to do what you please
You do what you gotta do for the money
At times you end up on your knees
Always buyin' with the local desert junkies
This city life is one big pain
But you, you had to move to the city
To the city where it all began
You gotta move, you gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, time you gotta move
To the city with the real nitty gritty
Aw child ain't it a pity
Sometimes it gets too shitty
Come on and hit me