Misc Originals – Dave Dershin - City Asleep (Guitar)

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Wandering round a city asleep my body's awake, but inside I Weep.

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A crowded city but people are lonely? they wander around like... Lost souls in Hell.

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A million people Wander around, Don’t see each other, they look at the ground.

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Don't even know what's there to be seen, deaf dumb and blind, They live like machines.

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They are people. Lonely people. They are people like you and me.

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I walked down to the grocery store no one around but a cop and a whore.

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He gave her a little money she went with him, isn't that funny.

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They're just people, lonely people like you and me, walking people, walking up and down the street

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A million people Wander around, Don’t see each other, they look at the ground.

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Don't even know what's there to be seen, deaf dumb and blind, They live like machines.

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They are people. Lonely people. They are people like you and me.

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I once had a sister but now she's gone, she left me here to cry alone. She used to dance on rooftop gardens,

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prancing here, jumping there

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But now she decided to quit the show, the theater closed, the guests went Home

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They are people. Lonely people. They are people like you and me

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Wandering round a city asleep my body's awake, but inside I Weep.

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A crowded city but people are lonely? they wander around like... Lost souls in...

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They are People.  Lonely people. They are people like you and me.

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So lift up your heads girls and boys, see the world and play with your toys.

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Don't miss life, it's too short, get up now be the first, to...

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Go for a bike ride in the rain, Swim in a fountain,

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cross the grain, Be adventurous, Do things you think are OK

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Be a person Have a life that's wonderful. Lift your head up. Be the first to see the world.