The Promise Of This City

by Steve Broderick

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A trip down memory lane, for the fam, John Cougar Broderick style

Dusting off some of music written and recorded after hibernating like a bear and posting it here like some virtual inter web speakeasy - you gotta know where to look to find it. Social media for the anti social. Because, PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT BE LIKE IT IS, BUT IT Do

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The Promise Of This City

First time I saw you girl, I was singing in this backwoods hole in the wall
that face on you, I couldn't resist
You're coming with me, I must insist

We'll leave these memories

At the bottom of a drawer
The bottom of a glass
let's live each day like it could be our last
No money in our pocket but that's alright
We got the Promise of this city tonight

There's millions of people, drawn to these lights
8 million stories, 4 million liars
you and I together, climb to these heights
get through the days and live through the nights

and leave these memories

At the bottom of a drawer
The bottom of a glass
let's live each day like it could be our last
No money in our pocket but that's alright
We got the Promise of this city tonight

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released December 18, 2017
music and lyrics by Steve Broderick

always a special thanks to my friend Joe Joetown Delaney for getting it recorded and some nice slide guitar playing by Bill Light

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I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed - Bob Dylan

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