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about
A place where you might find your true self.
lyrics
Down in the Battery Park,
In broad daylight and after dark,
It’ll hold you like a child new born,
You come here cast off from the storm,
Your shoes are split and your jacket is torn,
Tonight, in the dark, down in Battery Park
Down where the gypsy folk play,
Time seems to be slippin’ away,
The colors of the music they do swirl,
And the rhythms around your feet they do curl,
You have no resistance as your senses unfurl,
Looking for a spark, down in Battery Park.
Watching the boats drifting by,
Lights blinking under the sky,
There’s dreams that we’re given, there are dreams that we choose,
Down one way streets, alleys, and wide avenues,
I got your back, and you got my blues,
I found my heart, down in Battery Park.
We come here from all around,
The east, the west, the up and the down,
The losers, lovers, strangers and the strange,
A young girl from Detroit begging for change,
The cheaters and the damned, we’re all the same,
Even dogs come to bark, down in Battery Park,
At night, in the dark, down in Battery Park.
credits
released June 9, 2016
Paul Hubert - vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
Marty Wintje - electric guitar
Lowell Webber - drums
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