[Bass riff intro] [Verse 1: low, detached, monotone] Eighteen floors above the traffic Eighteen years and none were slow Black eyes painted in the lift mirror Down she goes, down she goes [Verse 2] Knows the night trams by their numbers Knows the doors that let her in Knows the boys who whisper forever Mean it till the trams begin [Pre-Chorus] Concrete mother, iron father Never taught her how to cry [Chorus: urgent, anguished] Big city girl Nobody's daughter Big city girl Ice in the water Dancing alone In a room full of strangers Big city girl Never goes home [Instrumental: chorus-drenched guitar arpeggios over the bass riff] [Verse 3: low, detached] Rooftop parties, borrowed keys Somebody's car by the river bank Eighteen kisses she won't remember Eighteen names that all go blank [Verse 4] Four a.m. on the empty night bus Forehead pressed to the frozen glass She sees a girl in the black reflection Doesn't know her, lets her pass [Pre-Chorus] Concrete mother, iron father Never taught her how to cry [Chorus: urgent, anguished] Big city girl Nobody's daughter Big city girl Ice in the water Dancing alone In a room full of strangers Big city girl Never goes home [Bridge: bass and drum machine only, spoken, monotone] Line four. Line nine. Last call. Last time. Line four. Line nine. Nobody's girl. Never mine. [Final Chorus: full band, more desperate] Big city girl Nobody's daughter Big city girl Ice in the water Dancing alone In a room full of strangers Big city girl Never goes home [Outro: bass riff alone, vocal fading] Down she goes Down she goes [End]
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