heard the one about your woman lord she s been messing round she s been stepping out on the street lord she s been hanging out ain t nobody had her this week but it won t take long lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city and i hope it won t mess with me walking downtown the other day a man put a gun in my back give me all you ve got or i ll blow you away that s a fact jack woe me misery too much been going down lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city and i hope it won t mess with me catch the next train out of here goodbye i ll see you so long time was i could face it here that was a long time ago i ll leave you very low next time you won t see me at all lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city lord lord there s trouble in the city and i hope it won t mess with me