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I Wish I Had A City

from Idiopath by Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures

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Lyrics by Kenton Hall
Music by Kenton Hall, Mark Haynes, John McCourt & Brett Richardson

lyrics

She met me standing on the corner
Kicking devils from the dust
Her licence plate said California
Her tattoos read “In God We Trust”
She said, “Get in boy, but I warn you.”
“I’ll drop this pedal ‘fore it rusts”

We pooled the contents of her ashtray
To keep the tank from running dry
She asked if I was going her way
And I just grunted my reply
“I’ll follow any wheel that’s turning.”
“Cause if I don’t, I’m going to die”

Because I wish I had a city
Worth a damn to sing about
Somewhere's that slick, urbane and witty
Where it’s worth breathing in and out
Cause all I got here is the pity
Of everybody who got out

She slammed the brakes and hit the shoulder
Like I’d come at her with a knife
In the rearview, her eyes seemed older
As she reflected on my life
“Now what you really running from, son?”
“You got a job, a kid, a wife?”

Hell, I don't even have a city
Worth a damn to sing about
I ain’t exactly young and pretty
And all my dreams have headed south
I'm getting tired of the pity
Of everybody who got out

Then she grew quiet and I could feel the flame guttering
The window we’d opened, she was rapidly shuttering
She gunned the engine, to stop it from stuttering
And drown out the curse she found herself muttering

We found a motel on the highway
And played pretend till break of dawn
I knew that when I woke, I’d learn her
Name from a note that said she’d gone
But she was waiting on the corner
Said, "Time that we were moving on.”

Cause everybody needs a city
Worth a damn to sing about
And so I’m forming this committee
And I’m appointing you my scout
I got no time for people’s pity
So you and me are breaking out

credits

from Idiopath, released January 31, 2023
Kenton Hall: Guitars, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
John McCourt: Bass
Mark Haynes: Drums

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Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures Leicester, UK

Kenton Hall is a Canadian actor, author, director and musician.

For many years, he was the lead singer of the band ist (istianity.bandcamp.com).

He also wrote and directed the feature film A Dozen Summers and his first book, Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder was published in 2019.

His first solo album Idiopath will be released in autumn 2022.
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