Season 4 (1974-1975) <br /> <br />Album: Zoom Tunes (1977) <br /> <br />Video: Zoom Best Of The 70s (1998)<br /><br />Based on poems by Valerie Lacey of Chicago, Illinois, Patricia Taillon of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Tammy Fishnick of Berwyn, Illinois<br /><br />Lyrics: I am a city child<br />I live on the tip top floor<br />Of an old apartment building<br />With a very creaky door<br /><br />I zig zag through the traffic<br />I ride the playground swings<br />I dash down to the subway<br />As if I had real wings<br /><br />We play ball against the steps<br />And hopscotch on the street<br />And Jacks, and tag and giant steps<br />And even hide and go seek<br /><br />I am a city child<br />I live on the tip top floor<br />Of an old apartment building<br />With a very creaky door<br /><br />The city comes to life at night<br />While children sleep, its eyes are bright<br /><br />A city walks, a city talks<br />A city rumbles, jingles, grumbles<br />A city chuckles, groans and sighs<br />Sometimes a city even cries<br /><br />City child<br />What you doing now, city child<br />Where are you going now, city child<br />What you up to now<br /><br />Do skyscrapers ever grow tired<br />Of holding themselves up high<br />Do they ever shiver on frosty nights<br />With their tops against the sky<br /><br />Do they be lonely sometimes<br />Because they have grown so tall<br />Do they ever wish they could live right down<br />And never get up at all<br /><br />City child<br />What you doing now, city child<br />Where are you going now, city child<br />What you up to now<br /><br />I am a city child<br />I live on the tip top floor<br />Of an old apartment building<br />With a very creaky door<br /><br />City child<br />What you doing now, city child<br />Where are you going now, city child<br />What you up to now<br /><br />City child<br />What you doing now, city child<br />Where are you going now, city child<br />What you up to now
