Am I gonna die here?
I haven’t been outside the city in months
Was I suppose to thrive here?
Like everybody else, I’ve been on the hunt

Back a few years ago, everything felt so new
Street names I didn’t know
Strangers and all of their blues
Took time to get around this up-n-on-the-go town
Future shining so bright
Lit by the stars in the eyes
Of everyone with a dream and the grit and the drive
It’s only the way to survive

And then, the city calls your name
It’s all that you know
It’s all that you need

Big City’s gonna run me down
Big City, cannot hide
But I know I’m gonna run this town
If I make it out alive!

Somedays I cannot find the city I once knew
Tracing it back
Summers and shows ago
Torn down like rock, paper, shoot
It’s hard to forget
Where did the magic go?
Tell me, was it all a dream?
I shake my head, noBig city, big development
Can’t erase history

And then, the city calls your name
It’s all that you know
It’s all that you need

Big City’s gonna run me down
Big City, cannot hide
But I know I’m gonna run this town
If I make it out alive!
Big City, can you hear that sound?
It’s working me to overdrive
Big City, gonna run me down
In this city I’m alive

Did you trade stars for the lights?
I heard they burn all the same
Escape from bigoted fights)
The best always live to tell
Show yourself who you are?
A different face every day
Will it get you far?
So far and still so far!
What if they raise your rent?
They’ll never own me
Sell all your time, money spent?
It’s worth the risk in the end
Working yourself to the bone
This place was built with them
You’ll never be alone!

Big City’s gonna run me down
Big City, cannot hide
But I know I’m gonna run this town
If I make it out alive!
Big City, can you hear that sound?
It’s working me to overdrive
Big City, gonna run me down
In this city I’m alive
Big City’s gonna run me down
Big City, cannot hide
But I know I’m gonna run this town
If I make it out alive!
Big City, can you hear that sound?
It’s working me to overdrive
Big City, gonna run me down
In this city I’m alive