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, Illinoisbr br Lyrics: I am a city childbr I live on the tip top floorbr Of an old apartment buildingbr With a very creaky doorbr br I zig zag through the trafficbr I ride the playground swingsbr I dash down to the subwaybr As if I had real wingsbr br We play ball against the stepsbr And hopscotch on the streetbr And Jacks, and tag and giant stepsbr And even hide and go seekbr br I am a city childbr I live on the tip top floorbr Of an old apartment buildingbr With a very creaky doorbr br The city comes to life at nightbr While children sleep, its eyes are brightbr br A city walks, a city talksbr A city rumbles, jingles, grumblesbr A city chuckles, groans and sighsbr Sometimes a city even criesbr br City childbr What you doing now, city childbr Where are you going now, city childbr What you up to nowbr br Do skyscrapers ever grow tiredbr Of holding themselves up highbr Do they ever shiver on frosty nightsbr With their tops against the skybr br Do they be lonely sometimesbr Because they have grown so tallbr Do they ever wish they could live right downbr And never get up at allbr br City childbr What you doing now, city childbr Where are you going now, city childbr What you up to nowbr br I am a city childbr I live on the tip top floorbr Of an old apartment buildingbr With a very creaky doorbr br City childbr What you doing now, city childbr Where are you going now, city childbr What you up to nowbr br City childbr What you doing now, city childbr Where are you going now, city childbr What you up to now