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City Light​/​Second Avenue

from Music For Highways and Bedrooms by The Lost Shores

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"City Light"

the impulse is pure
but the nights are not
standing on the summer floor
and that's all I got

you know all the pretty girls,
all the city ones,
all the pretty girls
run

standing in the pouring rain
in my broken shoes
I know it's a lie
but you've gotta choose

between all the pretty girls,
all the skinny ones,
all the pretty girls
run

standing out in the cardboard night
I've got nothing but city light!
standing out in the cardboard night
I've got nothing but city light!
standing out in the cardboard night
I've got nothing by city light!
standing out in the cardboard night
I've got nothing but cities

you know all the pretty girls,
all the city ones,
all the pretty girls
run

"Second Avenue"

late at night i'm a car on fire
second avenue is a funeral
wire spills outsides from the sun where the snow laid down

and I drove my car on a friday night
just to see if I could
just to see if I might find somewhere to hide from all the light
where they're singing:

"late at night I'm gone!
late at night I'm gone!
late at night I'm gone!
late at night I'm gone!"

well, I don't wanna die when I'm young
I wanna burn like the sun
I wanna see the world
I wanna see everyone
I wanna see the sidewalks when they're full of love

I'm gonna walk around
gonna walk downtown
I wanna see my friends
wanna see their frowns
gonna try to turn it all right and upside down

and I'll see what I'll never get again
what I'll never get again
what I'll never get again
what I'll never get again
oh, I'll never get again
what I'll never get again
what I'll never get again
what I'll never get again

o-oh!
o-oh!
o-oh!
o-oh-oh!

late at night I'm gone
late at night I'm gone

credits

from Music For Highways and Bedrooms, released April 24, 2013
SIDE B:

"City Light"
"Second Avenue"

Richard Aufrichtig: Voice, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars
Teddy Martin: Voice, Piano
Nick Jozwiak: Bass
Steve Lipschutz: Drums

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The Lost Shores Brooklyn, New York

The musical project surrounding the songs of Richard Aufrichtig.

"lo-fi troubadour" - Time Out New York

“Fitting snuggly within a loosely defined set of
epic-minded solo troubadours” – The Deli
Magazine

“...the[re is a] radiating sense of inclusion
unique to his performance and
uncharacteristic of the generally cliquey
indie/folksy scene that Brooklyn is known
for.” – YAM Magazine
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