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You pack your bags and move to the city
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There's something missin' here at home
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You fix your hair and look real pretty
It's time to get out on your own
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You're always fighting with your mama and your papa
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Your family life is one big pain
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When ya, ya gonna move to the city
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To the city where it all began
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You gotta move, you gotta move
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Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child
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You gotta move
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You stole your mama's car
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And your daddy's plastic credit card
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You're sixteen and you can't get a job
You're not going very far
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You're always fighting with the teachers and the police
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Your social life is much too insane
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When ya gonna move to the city
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To the city where it all began
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You gotta move, you gotta move
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Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child
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You gotta move
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To the city with the real nitty gritty
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Aw, child, ain't it a pity
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Sometimes it gets too shitty
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Come on and hit me
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You're on the streets and it ain't so pretty
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At least you getta do what you please
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You do, what you gotta do for the money
At times you end up on your kness
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I'm always buying with the local desert junkies
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This city life is one big pain
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But you, you had to move to the city
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To the city where it all began
B D E Bb A G
You gotta move, you gotta move
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Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child
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You gotta move
D D# Em
To the city with the real nitty gritty
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Aw, child, ain't it a pity
D D# Em
Sometimes it gets too shitty
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Come on and hit me.