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City of Blues

from Stripped to the Bone by Ian Rooke

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About alienation in the city. Written partly in Chicago and Birmingham.

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I look across the lake
Behind me is an urban sky.
And I contemplate mistake
Like the buildings they tower high.

Sometimes I feel so distant
Sometimes I feel so alone
In this city of blues.

This girl she sees no evil
She's as fresh as the falling snow
I see a fight in a nearby window
And it reminds me of home.

It's late December
And I drive through dirt brown snow.
These things I will remember
From the sad songs on my stereo

And I can hear the blues is calling me
But I'm already home
Outside the snow's still falling
As I set a place for one.

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from Stripped to the Bone, released April 28, 2015
© Ian Rooke 2014

℗ Ian Rooke at the Bunker 2014

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Ian Rooke Birmingham, UK

“Ian Rooke writes lyrics with bite, tunes with hooks, songs that make their point and make it well.” Folk Words Magazine 2014.

Singer songwriter from Birmingham. Has appeared at a number of folk festivals including Perthshire Amber, Harborough and Isle of Arran. Reached semi finals of UK Songwriters Competition 2012.
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