City Life |
LyricsGive me three-lane highways with stopover facilitiesTranscontinental with a turbo shift Mobile handset, a toll-free aircard Little plastic money if you get my drift Coach station cartels and girls who spend their money, bending plastic cards, - boy, they were born to shop Sales that never end, the restless ever movement, the high street gossip and the six foot cop Give Me ... City life - Full of restless hearts Give Me ... City life - Where the pressure starts Give me ... Back street bars and run-down cars All those brief encounters and the TV stars Girls in black laces with sun-tanned faces Legs that promise everything with looks 2 kill Guys in leathers and some of them in feathers Some you just can't tell if its a guy or a girl On suite routines, heavy dudes in tight jeans, shark-infested subways and a million dreams Give Me ... City life - Full of restless hearts Give Me ... City life - Where the pressure starts Back tax maybes and other people's babies The place is full of clean air anywhere but here All the fun and the young on the run, they're in-flight With the in-flight magazines on how to do it Screaming the news with the views on the blues, on that city life issues, on the down and outs I´m on my way today you've got it Don't start without me, read them and weep (Give it room, give me room ...) Give Me ... City life - Full of restless hearts City life - Where the pressure starts City life - Full of restless hearts City life - Where the pressure starts. City Life |
| Short Song Description: The hustle and bustle of life in the city. |
| Long Song Description: From a review by New Jazz Society [www.RETROSPEC.de, 2000]: "(City Life) shines brilliantly amongst other interesting compositions with its open song structures, a quantity of illusions of musical-stylistic plates...the guitarist Edvard Larusson is noticeable by his sovereign playing technique..." |
| Story Behind the Song: 1. prize; R&B/Jazz category; USA Songwriting Competition, 1997. |
| Lyric Credits: JJ Soul & Ingvi Thor Kormaksson |
| Music Credits: JJ Soul & Ingvi Thor Kormaksson |
| Producer Credits: Birgir J. Birgisson |
| Publisher Credits: |
| Performance Credits: JJ Soul Band |
| Label Credits: Hrynjandi |
| Song Length: 4:21 |
| Primary Genre: Rock-Funk |
| Secondary Genre: Jazz-Fusion |
| Tempo / Feel: Medium (111 - 130) |
| Lead Vocal: Male Vocal |
| Subject Matter 1: General |
| Subject Matter 2: City |
| Mood 1: Restless |
| Similar Artist 1: Steely Dan |
| Language: English |