High-rise buildings
Low cost apartments
Financial district
Industrial area
Rows of blue collars
Steelworkers’ clink-clang
Metal rhythm left and right
This is the city, city of light

Flicker
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The faceless men
The machines of the city

6 p.m. whistle
Next the inner city
Smiling grimey faces
Tea at the local pub
Low-cut dresses
High-spirited workers
Sizzling neon-lights, click on
This is the city, city of light

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The faceless men
The machines of the city

2 a.m. binge
Low-life slagheap
Used up and burnt out
Like a kick in the teeth
Ramble, shamble on home
Grime back in harness
Metal rhythm left and right
This is the city, city of light

Flicker
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The faceless men
The machines of the city