That's life in the big city
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You beg for mercy but you got no pity
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Low-life zero mentality
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Vandalized victims of depravity
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Fast food, take-out mentality
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Where the dogs eat the dogs
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And the innocent bleed
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The city can't cope and the cops don't care
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There's fear in the streets
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It's a jungle out there
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I don't want it, don't want it
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Don't want it, don't want it
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[Chorus:]
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody stole my automobile
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They ripped off the radio and sold the wheels
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And if it's happened to you
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Then you know how I feel
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody stole my car
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I left it parked outside of my home
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It had a new A/C and a cellular phone
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And I'm as sick as a dog
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'Cos I'm still paying off the loan
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Somebody stole my car
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That's life in the metropolis
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Living on credit and overdrawn interest
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Craving commercialized commodities
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Everything advertised, stirring up greed
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Everyday I wonder why
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Everyday I can't get away
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The city's in debt, up past its ears
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Yet we still borrow more
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And pay it back next year
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Now I'm paying for a car that I no longer own
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And the next time anybody offers me a loan
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I'll say I don't want it, don't want it
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Don't want it, don't want it
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Somebody stole my car
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It's just been cleaned and I've just had it taxed
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It had brand-new stereo speakers in the back
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And I call up the cops
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With a panic attack
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody stole my car
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I bet they're riding around and running red lights
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Got chicks in the back and ballin' all night
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While I sit at home
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Getting more uptight
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Somebody stole my car
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[Chorus]
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Don't want it, don't want it
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Don't want it, don't want it
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody stole my car
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That life in the metropolis
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Possessions mean nothing in a world like this
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Some punks wanna ride and they see my car
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So they take it, shake it
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Burn it up and break it
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Hey, that's my car
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Somebody stole my car
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Somebody Stole My Car
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The Kinks |