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City Trippin​/​How Lucky (John Prine)

from Whistleblowers by Alt Track

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CITY TRIPPIN

saintly stations stretching
from the stars hanging over me
dancing through each district
no regard for its history
every street's unnamed til it
sees a little victory
every time's unclaimed
til it's grabbed by me,
manically,

laughing at the crackheads
with their question begging decadence
screaming at the sky
without a referent, elephant
in the room, staring at the
lines on my palms
i've got no qualms
sound the alarm

i'm lost without a vision,
every step taken forward
realising more that life's
a solo mission
i've heard your proposition,
heard it a million times,
i've heard what you call real talk
it isn't
city trippin,
love letter to a life in opposition
to the things your friends accepted
as a given
written not in blood,
sweat or tears,
not fears for signals given,
nothing but experiments in living

i've got a present to buy, and a future to sell

scream invincibility
to every past misery
i've got a night time of
life line left
until the morning comes
i'll be laughing quite defiantly,
accepting or denying
the reality
night time is the only time
to see this rich man's playground
poor man's workhouse
lost man's compound
i'm gliding through it's veins
like an unchained melody
features lost to me,
northbound frequency

i've got a present to buy, and a future to sell

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from Whistleblowers, released November 15, 2013

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Hey, we're Alt Track, a touring punk band meshing together elements of punk rock, drum & bass, spoken word and hip-hop. We've been playing together since 2007, played over 200 gigs, released our debut album, 'Silence Is Approval' back in 2009, moved to London, moved back to Bradford, and are now back on the road. ... more

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