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New York

from What I'm From by Arbielle

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True stories from an Oregonian transplanted to the Big Apple...

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Well the wall paper at the Pilates studio
is a two-dimensional version of where I'm from
and I wonder if the wall of paper Douglas Fir trees
is made from lumber trucked from Oregon?

And I'm cycling mad rpm's through a virtual sunset
look-out! Don't hit that virtual squirrel
but the sound of rain outside
on streets reminds me:
I used to bike through wheat fields, for real

Yeah, some things about New York are pretty strange
but friends are far, and I'm a world apart
and the only thing I know
is times will change
I can't expect old dreams to stay put

The booker says he'll pay, if I get more than 15 friends
to fill this struggling Chinatown bar
you overpay for drinks
at least the free peanuts are infinite
maybe why the middle C won't work

And I'm playing for a very different crowd here
friends of mine, friends of the guy who's after me
but your raucous cheering drowns out the talking
and reminds me:
I used to sing and play for you for free

Yeah, some things about New York are pretty strange
but friends are far
and I'm a world apart
and the only thing I know
is times will change
I can't expect old dreams to stay put

Well, I'm waiting for the latest boy to call me up
to star in my romantic comedy
A Texan, you wear jeans that aren't so hip
when I look up, your eyes have gone all googly

And we're kissing in the bus stop on the first date
man, I sure hope none of my students are catching this
but the warmth of your hands on my skin reminds me:
I used to get to know 'em before we'd kiss

Yeah, some things about New York are pretty strange
but friends are far
and I'm a world apart
and the only thing I know
is times will change
I can't expect old dreams to stay put

And I want to be open to people that I meet
the Russian Subway doctor
and the bum at Bleeker Street

And I want to be open to futures that I
never could see
even if that means I grow old
teaching Chemistry

I'm rattling around like a pea
in the grandest of pods
finding I traded green fields
for lit boulevards
so some things about living here
feel pretty strange
but I'm learning, and I'm loving, and I'm living in
New York

credits

from What I'm From, released January 9, 2010
Recorded and mixed by Matt Gordon
Written and performed by Rachel Byron-Law

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