Into the City Tonight

Passing the time looking out from my window,
Above the trees and the neighborhood.
From way up here I can see on a clear day,
down to the docks, and the city's in view.
Drive to Manhattan on the Pulaski Skyway,
Stop at the toll booth, then we're counting the tiles
That line the tunnel right up to the state line,
That's how we'll know we've escaped for awhile.
Into the city tonight,
Far from the struggle, Out of the boredom
Into the city tonight,
We gotta get out, we gotta get out tonight.
Another day sleepin' under my pillow
I hear the trains as they pass, then fade,
And down the Port I can hear the ships blow,
I'm wishing they could take me far away.
And up the road by the Budweiser fact'ry
The planes take off and leave us all behind.
So in our boredom grab a six with a buddy,
And dream of places we will never find, then go
Into the city tonight,
Far from the struggle, Out of the boredom
Into the city tonight,
We gotta get out, we gotta get out tonight.
We gotta get out, we gotta get out alright.
Looking out from the gray shingle rooftops,
At the trucks and buses on Route 1 & 9,
Passing by 13 square miles of nothin'
Just a mundane town, full of mundane lives, they're heading
Into the city tonight,
Far from the struggle, Far from the family fight,
Into the city tonight,
We gotta make it, we gotta make it alright,
We gotta make it, we gotta get out alive.
Into the city tonight,
Far from the struggle, Out of the boredom
Into the city tonight,
We gotta get out, we gotta get out tonight.
We gotta get out, we gotta get out alright.