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I Live In A City

from Poets' Day by The Chickpea Darlings

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"If London was a person, you wouldn't leave your kids with it." - Huw.

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I live in a city
The sort of city you could write a song about
I live in a city
The kind that makes you want to get the big guns out
I live in a city
I live in a city that’s a dirty bomb
I live in a city
A city that doesn’t care where you come from
Or what you’ve done

And every day the grand parade
And every day a star is made
And every day a prize for everyone
And every night we paint the town
And every night the stars come down
And every night an ambulance for one

I live in a city
I live in a city where we know the score
I live in a city
A city with a story it cannot recall
I live in a city
I live in a city in the best of health
I live in a city
A city that doesn’t want to know itself
Thinks it’s something else

And every day our daily bread
And every day a cigarette
And every day don’t call us, we’ll call you
And every night we take the pill
And every night we shoot to kill
And every night a smiling new recruit

I live in a city
A city that knows it’s going to get its cut
I live in a city
That will not be forgotten when it’s all shared out
I live in a city
I live in a city built on sticks and stones
I live in a city
A city that feels autumn coming in its bones
And winter soon

And every day the landlord calls
And every day a wrecking ball
And every day we calculate the cost
And every night we knock it down
And every night rebuild the town
And every night we don’t know what we’ve lost

I live in a city
I live in a city that was never there
I live in a city
I live in a city that will not be spared
I live in a city
I live in a city that is not alright
I live in a city
A city that might not make it through the night
It threw the fight

And every day we sell ourselves
And every day a pound of flesh
And every day the wolf comes to the door
And every night it comes again
And every night we let it in
And every night we let it in
And every night we let it in
And I live in a city.

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from Poets' Day, released June 6, 2017
Written by Huw Darling.

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The Chickpea Darlings Letchworth Garden City, UK

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The Darlings: Middle-aged bedroom miserablists with C86-ish tendencies, The Chickpea Darlings have seen the future and don't care for the cut of its jib. Their dry-as-a-biscuit pop vignettes provide the perfect soundtrack for speculating on the madness to come. Viva Donald Trump, global warming & the death of democracy. Viva the Darlings. ... more

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