Bob Dylan - hard times in new york town

가사는 뉴욕의 다양한 사람들과 그들이 직면하는 현실에 대해 이야기한다
힘든 시기를 겪는 사람들과 함께하는 모습, 그리고 부유한 사람들과 가난한 사람들이 어우러진 삶을 강조한다
도시의 복잡한 사회 구조 속에서 누군가는 잊히고 사라지기도 한다

Come you ladies and you gentlemen and listen to my song
I'll sing it to you right, but you might think it’s wrong
Just a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell
’Bout an East Coast city that you all know well
It’s hard times from the country
Living’ down in New York town
Old New York City is a friendly old town
From Washington Heights to Harlem on down
There’s a-mighty many people and they're millin’ all around
They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down
It’s hard times from the country
Living’ down in New York town
Well, the weak and the strong and the rich and the poor
Gather together, ain't room for no more
Crowded up above and crowded down below
And someone disappears, you never even know
And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town
It’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate
To Rockefeller Plaza ’n’ the Empire State
Mister Empire sits up as high as a bird
And old Mister Rockefeller never says a word
It’s hard times from the country
Living’ down in New York town