Released: September 24, 1979
Songwriter: Barry De Vorzon Joe Walsh
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
[Verse 1]
Somewhere out there on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be something better
But there's nowhere else in sight
It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down, that's where you'll stay
[Chorus]
In the city (oh, oh)
In the city (oh, ohhh)
[Verse 2]
I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows and life ain't very pretty
No one's there to catch you when you fall
Somewhere out on that horizon
Far away from the neon sky
I know there must be something better
And I can't stay another night
[Chorus]
In the city (oh, oh)
In the city (oh, ohhh)
[Outro]
In the city
In the city
In the city (oh, ohhh)
Somewhere out there on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be something better
But there's nowhere else in sight
It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down, that's where you'll stay
[Chorus]
In the city (oh, oh)
In the city (oh, ohhh)
[Verse 2]
I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows and life ain't very pretty
No one's there to catch you when you fall
Somewhere out on that horizon
Far away from the neon sky
I know there must be something better
And I can't stay another night
[Chorus]
In the city (oh, oh)
In the city (oh, ohhh)
[Outro]
In the city
In the city
In the city (oh, ohhh)
Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne
- Wasted Time
- One Day at a Time
- Heartache Tonight (Live version)
- Take It Easy (Live version)
- I Can’t Tell You Why (Live version)
- Life in the Fast Lane (Live version)
- Hotel California (Live Millennium Concert Version)
- Take It to the Limit (Live version)
- New Kid in Town (Live version)
- The Boys of Summer
- Silent Spring (Intro)
- You Belong to the City
- Walk Away
- Sunset Grill
- Funk #49
- All She Wants to Do Is Dance
- Desperado
- Tequila Sunrise
- Already Gone
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
- The Long Run
- In the City
- Love Will Keep Us Alive
- No More Cloudy Days
- Life’s Been Good
- One of These Nights
- Lyin’ Eyes
- Dirty Laundry
- Wasted Time (Reprise)
- Rocky Mountain Way
- The Long Run (1979)
- The Eagle Has Landed (1994)
- Hell Freezes Over (1994)
- Selected Works: 1972–1999 (2000)
- The Very Best of Eagles (2003)
- Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne (2005)
- Hotel California
- Take It Easy
- Desperado
- One of These Nights
- Life in the Fast Lane
- Take It to the Limit
- New Kid in Town
- The Last Resort
- Lyin’ Eyes
- Wasted Time
- Tequila Sunrise
- Best of My Love
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
- Witchy Woman
- I Can’t Tell You Why
- Please Come Home for Christmas
- Already Gone
- The Long Run
- Doolin-Dalton
- Love Will Keep Us Alive
- Victim of Love
- Pretty Maids All in a Row
- Heartache Tonight
- The Heart of the Matter