Oingo Boingo - Cool City lyrics

Icy steel shooting through concrete, cool city Mountains of gla** reflect the sky Everybody feels real good in cool city Each day brings a new surprise Johnny came two-thousand miles to the cool city He came to see what makes things tick He cut his hair and bought new clothes in the cool city Finally found his life's ambition How to do nothing perfectly To do it with style so gracefully 'cause life is so delicious in cool city Outside no one's on the street Don't stop or you'll miss a beat Someone's standing in a doorway -- cool city You open the door and check him out so casually The music's blasting all night long in cool city They recognize his face, so it's all right This one knew the right address He even knew someone in a band While the others wait all night standing there in Cool city So hard to make the right friends You might have to sell some skin The nights go on forever The blacks they all hate the whites The whites think they're tough, but they're not, cool city The boys go out with each other The girls who will be in movies If you're high, you're in the right place, cool city Animals seek out their own kind Shake some hands and take a lunch in cool city Someone's going to try and tempt you Listen to all the brilliant plans in the cool city It's all free now, but you'll pay later with your soul Pray to the the objects on the wall That you'll stay young and never grow old So come on, the water's fine Have a drink, snort a line 'cause the nights get very chilly here in cool city