Speck in the City

from Dancin' with Your Demons by Art Vandalay

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lyrics

Steppin’ out into the sun, thickens my skin
Smell the air it’s cold as blood
Buildings they stare down like a barrel of a gun
Millions marching to the dead beat of a drum

And the concrete it’s crawlin’ under my feet
Movin’ walkways carryin’ me away

Just a speck in the city
Just a speck in the city
Getting’ high feelin’ heavy
Just a speck in the city

City buses screamin’ down the street
Filled with faces and people I’ll never meet
Days they tick by and faces grow long
Static and white fills your head

Now your standing on the corner waiting for you light to change
Red to green, it somehow feels the same

Just a speck in the city
Just a speck in the city
Getting’ high feelin’ heavy
Just a speck in the city

So easy to disappear without a trace
When you hide behind your smile of decadence
And grace

Just a speck in the city
Just a speck in the city
Getting’ high feelin’ heavy
Just a speck in the city

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from Dancin' with Your Demons, track released April 24, 2009

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Art Vandalay St Paul, Minnesota

Art Vandalay is a Twin Cities-based band that blends the vintage sounds of The Band and the easy-going vibe of J.J. Cale, creating laid-back Americana music with songs that are “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News Tribune).

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