I hopped off a boat at the ferry dock
With a big dream and small change
Welcome to base pay of ten buck wage (woah)
Is the rent in my range?

Took to the street
Here I am with my baggage
Look to the left and I see the Bay Bridge
I am just so speechless
Everybody seems so stylish

My pulse is poundin' and I'm feelin' kind of nervous
I don't know if I can do this
That's when a busker looked my way
And he was really cute
And he was really cute
And he was really cute

So I lift my chin up
And hit Market Street
My troubles far away
On the clock, like yeah
9 – 5, like yeah
I lift my chin up
And hit Market Street
You know I'm here to stay
Yeah, livin' in the Bay

Get to a bar on Geary Street
Everybody's lookin' at me now
Like, “Who's that homely Taylor Swift?
She's gotta be from a town.”

So hard without my car keys on me
'Cause it's definitely not a town hall meeting
All I see are yuppies
How'd they get so much money?

My pulse is poundin' and I'm feelin' kind of nervous
I don't know if I can do this
That's when the VP looked my way
And he was really cute
And he was really cute
And he was really cute


So I lift my chin up
And hit Market Street
My troubles far away
Bars 'til 2, like yeah
Guys to go, like yeah
I lift my chin up
And hit Market Street
You know I'm here to stay
Yeah, livin' in the Bay

Feel like catchin' the next BART
Back to my hometown by car
But the thought's gone before I start-up
A fine suit brushes past, and I fall apart