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Brooklyn Bridge

from Shining from Shook Foil by Stover

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this is like a non-scary horror movie in that it is "inspired by true events" but those events are exaggerated like you wouldn't believe. whatever, it's one of my best songs.

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there are places i never will go
and height that i never will grow
but i've met enough people
and walked enough miles
to be thankful for each day

still, there's scenery stuck in my head
every thought makes me want to go back
to the shadows of buildings
the subways connecting
us both to unusual places


and i don't need to smoke anymore
cuz your breath fills my lungs with such wonderful air
so let's take a taxi to the brooklyn bridge
just to ride with the night across there


well the neighborhood's a stranger to you
but the walk is a day dream come true
past the brick bakery that you saw on tv
a man on a flying trapeze

but there's an angel and the devil on the corner
guess their tired of sitting on our shoulder
even the best days can become the worst days
evil and light fall in love


and she's as brave as a monster
but sweet as the summer
and softens the night with her stare
she hails yellow taxis to the brooklyn bridge
just to ride with the night across there


today i'll be sleeping in
it's always been my greatest sin
and i'll dream of a city where everything's perfect
where nobody's lonely or tired

maybe i'll wake up for supper
see what new york's got to offer
nobody knows me
nobody cares
i'm just a lone traveler
with change in my hand


and new york may just be some distant abstraction
a place to escape from your cares
to hail yellow taxis to the brooklyn bridge
just to ride with the night across there


the rain pours cold from the sky
my greyhound is leaving at five
i hail the first cab and is it in the back
but i don't want to go to the station

driver, take me 'cross the east river
i smoke my cigarette to the filter
and, sir, when we get across town turn around
again and again and again and again


and it's hard not to wonder if all my mistakes
damned me long before i met her there
where we hailed a taxi to the brooklyn bridge
just to ride with the night across there

credits

from Shining from Shook Foil, released May 10, 2009
Justin Stover: lyrics, vocals, guitar

Written by Justin Stover

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