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The City

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Lyrics

Part 1 - War March

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Part 2 - El Duende Agonizante

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Part 3 - Minstrel's Lament

I have watched in wonder as the colours turned to grey
I've seen the metal machines and the factory dreams
I just got to get away
I have grown accustomed to the drugs of power and steel
And the achin' in my head and the concrete bed
And the politicians velvet feel oh

I have learned the language
Of the lost that walk the streets
And I'm the city's minstrel
Who knows all of her syncopated beats
I can recall when ambitions were small
And the music filled the air
But the minstrel's crying 'cause the music's dying
And the city's everywhere
It's everywhere
It's everywhere

Now there's no more singing
Just a ringing in my ears
And the city's story in all it's power
Is the greatest of my fears

I have learned to save my smile and use it like a knife
We've all learned to trust in profit and value profit over life
I have watched the skyline grow in defiance of the sun
We let it take us and we let it break us
Now the damage has been done, oh.

Long gone once upon a time
I sang a song so sweet
But now I can't hear the melody
I just feel the driving beat, beneath my feet, ooh
Hear me crying - ooh

[Chorus]

Credits

Words and Music by: Rik Emmett.
© 1977 BMG/Careers Music Inc.