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Testo Uptown - Joe Bataan

Testo della canzone Uptown (Joe Bataan), tratta dall'album Under The Streetlamps - Anthology 1967-72

Hey! Hey!
Uptown
Uptown
Pow!
Uptown
Uptown
Pow!
Well, it all started long ago
When I was a young boy and didn't know
That life could be very tough
On a young boy who grew up to be rough
It was uptown
On a block called School Street
It was uptown
Where I was born
Well, I didn't listen to the golden rule
And suddenly found myself kicked out of school
I was a-hangin' 'round the block playin' pool
I was out of no idea, fool
It was uptown
In a private world of make-believe
On a hundred-and-third street
Where all the fellas hang around
As I grew up and learned of summertime
I found my life was a full-time road of crime
And when the judge sentenced me far away
I knew right then and there that crime doesn't pay
'Cause the sound of Manhattan
On a summer day
It was just too much to bear
When you've been away
Life is like a merry-go-round
First you're up and then you're down
Is it any wonder that a kid like me
Has so much trouble trying to stay free?
My life is like a pearl
Always in the dark
Except a pearl is happier
As it doesn't own a heart
Uptown, the people try to put me down
It's gonna be my town with a brand new sound
Hey! Hey!
Uptown
Uptown
Pow!
Uptown
Uptown
Pow!
Well, it all started long ago
When I was a young boy and didn't know
That life could be very tough
On a young boy who grew up to be rough
It was uptown
On a block called School Street
It was uptown
Where I was born
Well, I didn't listen to the golden rule
And suddenly found myself kicked out of school
I was a-hangin' 'round the block playin' pool
I was out of no idea, fool
It was uptown
In a private world of make-believe
It was on a hundred-and-third street
Where all the fellas hang around
Life is like a merry-go-round
First you're up and then you're down
Is it any wonder that a kid like me
Has so much trouble trying to stay free?
My life is like a pearl
Always in the dark
Except a pearl is happier
As it doesn't own a heart
Uptown, the people try to put me down
It's gonna be my town with a brand new sound
Hey!
Everybody now!
All the fellas uptown and all the poor boys, hey!
Come on now, get yourself together
Anybody can do this thing, just come on uptown



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Writer(s): Joe Bataan
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