Curse This City

I'm gonna curse this city if it robs me Im gonna curse this city if it robs me one more time before it even knew me it forgot me I'm gonna curse this city if it robs me one more time yeah All around the world today Power is the measure oh no Power is the only drug they don't want you to remember oh no All around the world power gets no pressure oh no Power is the only drug you never got no lectures on And hope showed up one day Then all the people say The time, the time has come Alright let's give it a name and oh Listen all my friends Who's gospel is who's pain From the Hudson to the Rhine Every place every time I'm gonna curse this city if it robs me Im gonna curse this city if it robs me one more time before it even knew me it forgot me I'm gonna curse this city if it robs me one more time Yeah all around the world today Power is the measure oh no Power is the only drug they don't want you to remember oh no If you really want to rise get your work done on someone else's time In the prize ring of the world, it's all about the millionaire gods And hope showed up one day But don't name it leave it blank Or sorrow gets the same name And everyone makes everyone else pay and oh, isn't this nice I'll never see you in this life From the Hudson to the Rhine Every place every time A million reasons one high or really? Strait Machiavellian fears all around me A national treasure passed out in the ally Manhattan sky bridge all covered in rust CEO post madonna don't know what's up He went blind to the world and mistook me for a G man. Who envies who? Who gave status to who? What's the story with heaven now meet me at the pantheon I checked my grandmothers ring I should have carried it on Sent my bags to eden still at the gate In the prize ring of the world look for me I'll be the one who don't know how to cheat But I know How to do this kind of thing Yes I do I'm gonna curse this city if it robs me one more time x 8 I"m gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine I''m gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine I'm gonna love this city but please don't make me try try try so hard I'm gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine Those other cities just tried me Told more than a few lies to me So I cursed them kindly and was long gone I"m gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine I''m gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine I'm gonna love this city but please don't make me try try try so hard/ I'm gonna love this city if it only helps me shine shine shine Those other cities don't know me If you only knew how much they owed me I was the right person in the wrong place Good god almighty but This city wont take no brides It's got reasons if it's on your side I'm gonna love this city if it only only only helps me shine shine