... In the city there's a thousand things I want to say to you ...

... but whenever I approach you, you make me look a fool ...

... I wanna say, I wanna tell you  ...

... about the young ideas, but you turn them into fears ...

... In the city there's a thousand faces, all shining bright ...

... and those golden faces are under twenty-five ...

.. they wanna say, they gonna tell ya ...

... about the young idea ...

... you better listen now you've said your bit-a, go! ...

... And I know what you're thinking ...

... you still think I am crap ...

... but you'd better listen, man ...

... because the kids know where it's at ...

... In the city ther's a thousand man in uniforms ...

... and I've heard they now have the right to kill a man ...

... we wanna say, we gonna tell ya ...

... about the young idea, and if don't work, at least we said we've tried ...

... In the city, in the city, in the city there's a thousand thinhs I want to say to you; (The Jam, 1977) ...