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Walking to the corner store alone since we were six
Winking at the working girls out turning tricks
Stepping on every sidewalk crack
Broke about a million mamas’ backs
Money in our pockets, eyes straight ahead
Bring her back her change and a box of reds

Making trouble with some friends on the city bus
The cops here have bigger things to worry about than us
Ride the city bus to the city schools
Teach the younger ones all the city rules
Never let the motherfuckers see you’re scared
Never pick truth, always pick dare

We’re city kids
And we grow up fast
We know our parents’ dealers’ names
And where they keep their stash
We’re city kids
And we live here too
And we don’t lack for any trouble
To get into
Don’t tell us what we need to do
We’re city kids
And we don’t have to listen to you

City boys and city girls out after dark
Laughing ‘cause the old folks can’t tell us apart
Nothing waiting for us back in our homes
Got the whole world inside our phones
Counting down the days til the city’s ours
Solve the world’s problems in the corner bars

Moving truck in front of our friends’ house the other day
Watched the men load it up and then drive away
Moving to the county where the flowers bloom
Got a big yard and their own bedrooms
Going to a blue-ribbon junior high
Never even stopped to say goodbye

We’re city kids
And we grow up fast
We know our parents’ dealers’ names
And where they keep their stash
We’re city kids
And we need love too
And we don’t lack for dark alleys
To slip into
Don’t tell us what we need to do
We’re city kids
And we don’t have to listen to you

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from The Measure of Things, released November 5, 2021

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Dave Sheinin Baltimore, Maryland

Dave Sheinin is a singer-songwriter whose roosty and melodic music splits the difference between Americana, rock and power pop. Pure Pop Radio called his 2018 debut "a bona fide melodic pop smash." Absolute Powerpop ranked it 8th on its list of the best albums of 2018. ... more

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