IN THE CITY with Janice Merritt (www.janiceandbud.com) old men eye the young girls an old woman guards her purse bus drivers can't be civil but haven't we all seen worse drunks sleep it off wherever blind men beg for change but nothing ever changes you get wet standing in the rain a lot of things don't matter in the city but don't you worry your bleeding heart it gets easier not to care the unions want more money the police want 'em out of the street once in a while the push and shove will knock you off your feet spray paint on the subway walls mr. cool, sly, little joe vacant buildings have no windows if they ask, well, you don't know a lot of things don't matter in the city but don't you worry your bleeding heart it gets easier not to care runaways in the alleys all they own in a paper sack if they don't like what they find here tell them to go back sure you'll see some hookers and you'll see a crime or two the cabbies don't care if they run you down but there's nothing i can do a lot of things don't matter in the city but don't you worry your bleeding heart it gets easier not to care |