[Verse 1]

 You pack your

 bags and you 

move to the ci

ty

 There is some

thing missing 

here at home

 You fix your 

hair and you a

re looking rea

l pretty

 It's time to 

get it out on 

your own
 
    You are al

ways fighting 

with your mama

 and your papa

 Your family l

ife is one big

 pain

 Well you, you

 gonna move to

 the city

 Into the city

 where it all 

began


[Chorus 1]
         
You gotta move

, you gotta mo

ve

Ma, ma, ma, ma

, ma, ma, ma, 

ma, ma, child,

 you gotta mov

e


[Verse 2]

 You stole you

r mama's car a

nd your daddy'

s

Plastic credit

 card

 You are sixte

en and you can

't get a job
           
you're not goi

ng very far
 
   You are alw

ays fighting w

ith the teache

rs and the pol

ice

 This social l

ife is much to

o insane

 Well you, you

're gonna move

 to the city

 To the city w

here it all be

gan


[Chorus 1]
         
You gotta move

, you gotta mo

ve

Ma, ma, ma, ma

, ma, ma, ma, 

ma, ma, child,

 you gotta mov

e


[Chorus 2]
             
Right to the c

              
ity with the r


eal nitty grit

ty
        
 Oh Child ain'

t it a pity
             
 Sometimes it 


gets too shitt

y
            
 Come on and h

it me


[Verse 3]

 You are on th

e streets and 

it ain't so pr

etty

 At least you 

get to do what

 you please

 You do what y

ou got to do f

or the money

 Sometimes you

 end up on you

r knees
 
   You're alwa

ys fighting wi

th the locals 

and the junkie

s

 This city lif

e is one big p

ain

 But you, you 

had to move to

 the city

 To the city w

here it all be

gan


[Chorus 1]
         
You gotta move

, you gotta mo

ve

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child, you gotta move


[Chorus 2]
             
 To the city w

              
ith the real n

   
itty gritty
         
 Aw, child ain

't it a pity
             
 Sometimes it 


gets too shitt

y
            
 Come on and h

it me