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| "City Rites" | |
| City Rites (Scott Mann) Under a city I have not seen I wait, to transfer Above me I picture the square of city hall The flower girls selling last minute marigolds I follow subway people and am lost A soft man's face guides me to my train and into small talk We are swallowed by the subway and disappear He asks me how they travel where I live Above the screech train I tell him they drive and drive He asks, "My friend are you friends with the saviour?, come sit with me." I nod "no" and a leather bible is at my face He says, "Read this but put your name where it says world." The subway jerks to a start and God made me, God made me And in his image he made you too And created this aching to get next to you I would travel the streets through the smoke and the heat Can't you see he made us all to heed the call INSTRUMENTAL: repeat verse and bridge, then Can't you see he made us all to heed the call Above the roar he yells a sermon in my ear It begins to float away but reappears I thank God we're close to Broad and Allegheny Left open to the faces I think of you The sermon ends at my request my stop is next I emerge into night with my suitcase and guitar Li li li li li li li li li Fall into your arms taste the city and you Taste the city and you And in his image he made you too And created this aching to get next to you I would travel the streets through the smoke and the heat I'm almost here I've come a way but I'm here to stay |
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