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American Idol Season 5 - The Songs

Living for the City

By Bill Lamb, About.com

From his Innervisions album, this is one of Stevie Wonder's top socially conscious songs of the early 1970's.

Performer

Taylor Hicks - March 14, 2006

Songwriter

Stevie Wonder

Notable Recorded Version

  • Stevie Wonder - #8 Pop (1974) (Listen)

Key Lyric Phrase

His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution
He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution

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