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The bulk of this song began as I was sitting in a Waves Coffee shop in Burnaby, BC. It was a week or two before Christmas. It was cold outside and life was good. My favorite Value Village was across the street. We filmed a music video for this song in New Westminster. Check it out:
youtu.be/bTbHxIai6K8

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City Sidewalks

City sidewalks, city sidewalks
Got nothing for me
City sidewalks, city sidewalks
Go nowhere beneath my feet

In the city there is no difference
Between man and machine
Everybody lives for money
We are slaves to a monetary system of greed
There is no heart, there is no soul
You could die in a crown and be left alone
It's an ominous feeling
Like a snow in the bones kind of day
It's a threatening looking sky above a child of God
Who can't find anything good to say
It's a watch-dog's growl when a grey fox howls
At a heart of gold who grew too old to stay
Concrete and steel has changed the way I feel
Concrete and steel has changed the way I feel.

All the silver bells have been melted and sold
It must be Christmas time, I feel I'm growing old
I wonder if every person I pass has a lover at home
Or are they all just temporarily alone?
Don't worry mom, the end must always come
There are skeletons behind bars
Who still prefer coke with their rum
But that don't matter to me, I'm much too busy for that
No matter where you go you'll never know exactly where it's at
Get high and step inside
See the world behind your mind
Get high and step inside
See the world behind your mind.

City sidewalks, city sidewalks
Got nothing for me
City sidewalks, city sidewalks
Go nowhere beneath my feet.

(c) Bob Westfall. 2010.

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from OUTLAWS IN CHAINS (2010), released October 1, 2010
Instruments and vocal by Bob Westfall
Background vocals by Ainsley Reid

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