Big City

this be a big city now

this be a big city now 
  no more small hick town stuff 

can't walk all around it in a day 
  but what the hey 
  big is beautiful 

and i like to count the skyscrapers 
  and the windows in the skyscrapers 
  and know their height above sea level 

yes yes 

this be a big city now 
  no more small hick town stuff 

like what it used to be 

when swings swung 
  on the front porches 
  of a hundred neighbors

and horse-drawn milk wagons 
  clip clopped lazily 
  down elm street 

now that's all gone 

we buy our milk in cardboard 
  at the supermarket 
  by the mall 
  on the outskirts 
  and drive it home 
  in our horseless carriage 
  and don't even have to stir it
  before we drink it

no more small town hick stuff

this be a big city now