city skyline

from SHIFT & TRY (2011) by The Backseats

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lyrics

shoes are hangin' on a wire
and every second day of may streets were on fire
police cars going up and down the street
broken glass under my feet

everybody's shakin' downtown
sweatin' and dancing to some rock n roll
the major of the city he don't likes guitars
so he don't wants to hear 'em at the night time bars

my city skyline
feels so bright on a big blue sky
as i see the rising sun
i start to get the feeling everything is done

fresh newspapers on a cold sidewalk
loversellers put on their coats
the theaters now don't sold out
at the frentic street of gran vía

a new kind of silence is born
down at the streets that you don't walk alone
you can see Mr Jokeman's face
searching for a new charming place

tell this thief that we're going homeless
nothing around for us here

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from SHIFT & TRY (2011), track released October 10, 2011

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