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City You Left Behind

from First Thing Tomorrow by Dave Sheinin

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i see you drove in from the leafy suburbs
to grace your old favorite haunts
your baby girl has always gotten
whatever baby girl wants
but at the end of the night
you'll go back to where
you're comfortable with your own kind
and we'll just go on living
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind

looks like life is solid gold
on the region's number one sales team
got yourself a boat and baby girl some implants
ain't that the american dream
whatever it was you were looking for
i hope that's what you'll find
but no one here ever speaks your name
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind

you've got good takeout chinese
and appleby's is open til ten
but white flight is so '90s
how soon until we see you again
how soon

when the shit went down
you told the world how much you hurt for your hometown
your friends all said prayers for you
and hoped you all were safe and sound
but the only trouble you see
is when your grass gets too high
and the association gives you a fine
you never had to worry about that here
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind

whatever it was you were looking for
i hope that's what you'll find
but no one here ever speaks your name
in the city you left behind
oh the city you left behind

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from First Thing Tomorrow, released March 27, 2018

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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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