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(the) City of Dreams

from A Less than Perfect Peach by Blue Genes

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well the city it sits, like tiger in a cage
just waitin' for the day it can unleash its rage
well the circus came to town and down came the gate
n now there's so many clowns around everyone just loves to hate

n california was found on gold
o but that stories gettin old
and all these bleeding hearts
just plead like harps

and you're doin your best out here in the west
you went to school, you're no fool, you took your test
but the lies out here lay deeper than the rest
even the fautlines can feel the unrest

but california was found on gold
and that stories gettin old
yet these western sunsets
really are the best

o it's no use tryin to understand this mess
so i told you to let it all pass
i mean eventually our cars gotta run ought-a gas
but until then everything just happens so fast

o and california was found on gold
but that stories getting old
n now it's a car pileup of
twisted metal, blood n broken glass

n i can see you got your new england lens
farm lady with your hens
and it makes things sorta-kinda bend
o and ya just wanted somewhere else to stand

o so ya left the eastern shore
cuz you were so desirous of more
but your hearts still bound
to your farmland

o but go ahead and use your time to try and crack the code
it's in a dead language, something old
o and that mother load, well, it eludes us now
it's a gold mine been gutted and the water fouled

so we're gunna rape the earth
until it's one big fiery hearth
and right now the jungles
howl so loud

and the laws gunna hem it down til one size fits all
but you know this empire is bound to fall
yet laughter still echoes down the hall
bouncin off these cheap excuses for walls

o and i'm sick of all this sprawl
it makes my skin crawl
so i'm out
cuz i can hear the east givin me a call

o and farm lady you sold my soul
to an eastward bound goal
n my mother land has taken a toll
o and i hope two halves really do make a whole

so i'm headin home now out the door
cuz it feels like i've been there befo'
n those all night city lights
must come from burnin coal

n soon i'll be headin east to show
all of us out here who may never go
how the wind the out there blows
n by winter i'll probably be buried in snow

so i'm headin' home now out the door
cuz it feels like i've been there befo'
n there's no use talkin'
about whatchu don't know

so i'm headin to the city of dream
n that's all i do anyway it seems
n they're comin out now in reams
so i'm gunna go meet some kings n queens

yeah i'm headin' home now out the door
cuz it feels like i've been there befo'
so i'll be whistle'n on the beat
between those steel beams
in the city of dreams

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from A Less than Perfect Peach, released July 31, 2012

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