Lyrics:

The story of my life was such
That nobody wanted to hear
And every time I told it
They put their hands across their ears

So I went down to the dirty city
Where the people live on dreams
And sang out on the corner
Trying to turn the heads of kings and queens

I sang ooh, ooh, ooh, to the dirty city

Then I noticed the back of a matchbook
And it didn't make much sense at all
It said people heading to the stars
Get a better chance to fall

I thought that's no good to you and me
We got so far to go
Then I realized though truth is free
It's only the lies that show

I sang ooh, ooh, ooh, to the dirty city

Some people work hard all their lives
And never get a thing
Some people seem to do nothing
But have all their life can bring

Well you and I are working so hard
Trying to get somewhere
But then maybe when we get there
We'll find we didn't really care

We'll sing ooh, ooh, ooh, to the dirty city