about
the day I realised that part of me wishes I hadn't lived so close to New York my whole life, because then I would've undoubtedly pilgrimaged there and become a rat myself, writing. yet, I am grateful to Liverpool, London, Brighton, Ridgewood, Sunnyside, Denver, all the homes I've found and will find.
lyrics
If I was a kid from any other city
I would’ve made it to New York by now
Penniless and forgotten but proximity gave me wings
If I was a kid from any other city the yearning would’ve killed me by now
Instead I’ve built the blessings of New York into my veins my bones my heart
I’d be alone, Thats all I know
It’s not the whole damn part
it’s the city that starts to breathe
To be open and kind and learn to be wise I hope that’s all I need
If I was born in a different part of the country
I’d have trekked here by now
Doesn’t matter the weather or the money
I’d be knee deep in the fountains I’d be found
Let the streets rise
And I’d find pieces of genius skies
That rained down and sank into the ground
And bore the days of before so I left without a sound
*While the sun goes down, Tattooed by mud and stone
Bleeding I won’t limp home, Needing no country of my own
If I was born in any place at all
I’d need the city like a gas mask
I’d very quickly fall
Into the habit of making plans
Be full of music be the mouthpiece be the band
Never to play alone
To sing on street corners prophet Jones
Please please say what you mean, there’s no place to speak so clear
But the bottom of the Music inn stairs
Uptempo
If I should die In any other city
I’d need the spirits to all leave me alone
Leave me alone
Cuz I wouldn’t buy coffee for a ten dollar favour
Wouldn’t lose my business to a money match matcher a loan?
(Just give me a loan)
How clean streets bore me,
Rushing just to be on line
Busy-top-dollar for the beautiful people
All tryna get whats mine
Leave it alone,
Needing no country of my own
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released December 24, 2021
Music / Lyrics by Anna Kunz
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