Livin in the city by ?Fear? My house smells just like the zoo, It's chock full of shit and puke! Cockroaches on the walls Crabs crawlin' on my balls! Ohh, but I'm so clean cut, I just wanna fuck some sluts! I love livin' in the city [x2] Spent my whole life in the city, Where junk is king and the air smells shitty. People pukin' everywhere. Piles of blood, scabs and hair. Bodies wasted in the street, People dyin' on the street, But the suburban scumbags, they don't care, Just get fat and dye their hair! I love livin' in the city [x2] I love livin' in the city [repeat]

The gogo's "this town is so glamorous, bet you'd live here if you could and be one of us"

Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson It's about wanting to leave a small town. Grew up in a small town And when the rain would fall down I'd just stare out my window Dreaming of what could be And if I'd end up happy I would pray (I would pray) Trying hard to reach out But when I tried to speak out Felt like no one could hear me Wanted to belong here But something felt so wrong here So I prayed I could break away [Chorus:] I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky And I'll make a wish Take a chance Make a change And breakaway Out of the darkness and into the sun But I won't forget all the ones that I love I'll take a risk Take a chance Make a change And breakaway Wanna feel the warm breeze Sleep under a palm tree Feel the rush of the ocean Get onboard a fast train Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will) And breakaway [Chorus] Buildings with a hundred floors Swinging around revolving doors Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but Gotta keep moving on, moving on Fly away, breakaway I'll spread my wings And I'll learn how to fly Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye I gotta take a risk Take a chance Make a change And breakaway Out of the darkness and into the sun But I won't forget the place I come from I gotta take a risk Take a chance Make a change And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway

Sorry, this was the only City related song I could think of... ;-)

Here's one:

I'd say Boston by Augustana. In the light of the sun, Is there anyone? Oh it has begun. And oh dear, you look so lost. Eyes are red, tears are shed. This world you must have crossed, you said "You don't know me. You don't even care." Oh yeah, she said "You don't know me. You don't wear my pain." Oh yeah. Essential yet appealed Carry all your thoughts Across an open field Where the flowers gaze at you They're not the only ones Cryin when they see you, you said "You don't know me. You don't even care." Oh yeah, she said "You don't know me. You don't wear my pain." Oh yeah, She said "I think I'll go to Boston. I think I'll start a new life. I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name. I'll get out of California. I'm tired of the weather. I think I'll get a lover, and fly em out to Spain Oh yeah well I think I'll go to Boston, I think that I'm just tired I think I need a new town, To leave this all behind I think I need a sunrise I'm tired of the sunset, I hear it's nice in the summer, Some snow would be nice. Oh yeah." You don't know me, you don't even care. Oh yeah. Boston Where no one knows my name Where no one knows my name Where no one knows my name Oh yeah

Stevie:

"Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London...."

I was going to mention "In the City" by The Eagles and "You belong to the city" by Glen Frey, but after close examination, those two actually paint pretty bleak pictures of the city itself. The more optimistic one I can think of then would be: New York, New York - Frank Sinatra among many others. http://www.brave.com/bo/lyrics/nyny.htm