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Big City

by Big City

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1.
I Got Plans 03:27
I got plans with my hands Make a little romance Grab you by the wrist, and hey Let’s dance Our little drummer got a brother And one hell of a mother They can really tell it Like no other They turn my bad advice Into good advice Until one day I finally Keel over dying In an alley telling sally I aint never been so madly In love so god damn badly I got plans I got a job writing obits For those local moments, you know The kind that like to Blow it Their rising all at once Was as the sound of thunder Heard rumbling from Asunder They tell me boy you better Make it hell for leather Outta here, and don’t forget To send us letters And you know standing in the rain Is never saintly, that I must admit gravely, but momma said Babe, it’s nota bene I got plans Late at night By Will-o-the-wisp light We play hide and seek With our lives And I’m trying to tell her That when I met her I swear I thought I heard bells And we may got our gadgets They don’t replace the magic And no amount of digits Change my decision But for now I can dance And a little romance Wouldn’t hurt before I tell her my plans I got plans
2.
A new babe is crying In the other room The crib is still rocking When momma slips through The doctors and nurses They don’t know what to do So don’t be too late babe When she calls for you You thought they’d all be Alphabetized Turns out it’s hard to call you Two names at one time When you ain’t learn the alphabet yet You gotta use signs Like a smile or a kiss Or the wink of an eye What ever happened to Ave Maria? I don’t know What ever happened to Ave Maria? Ave Maria is crying In the other room The crib is still rocking When momma slips through It’s friday night, candle light Reflects off the pew So don’t be too late babe When she begs for you One of the good ones, she Was one of the good ones They don’t come around here often When they do it’s really something One of the good ones She was one of the good ones What ever happened to Ave Maria? I don’t know What ever happened to Ave Maria?
3.
Ain’t gonna do nothing with words I ain’t already done to hurt you Sometimes it’s not enough To combine two things that you love Well what we doing up here? And you just gotta ask But you’ve never been so cruel And babe you’ve never been so good They don’t really like us And baby I don’t really blame ‘em It’s hard to watch a good love Turn to something you’re ashamed of Being a teenage under-age You just need to get away And did anybody call If you needed anything? Well ain’t I done enough? Don’t you fall in love? Just be my little fool Please just have too much Because ain’t I done enough? Don’t you fall in love
4.
The streets where we live The streets where we die And no one’s asking No one’s asking why On Calabrese Way We’re here to stay Because on Calabrese Way I ain’t got much to say So take my ring And baby here’s my line Would you like to be A little blushing bride On Calabrese Way I ain’t got much to say And goodness gracious babe Would you take a look at this place Let’s go out tonight Let’s go for a ride Find a quiet place Lay down and die On Calabrese Way I ain’t got much to say On Calabrese Way We’re here to stay On Calabrese Way Is where I get paid And goodness gracious babe Look at how much I make
5.
I took it off the cuff That things were getting rough And I couldn’t tell you now Why I had to get tough Something about having enough We were trying to make love This side of a dream But I couldn’t imagine why You’d wanna go and scream Something about wanting to leave We started off great Like a burger and a shake And a side of sweet Potato fries Not too many lies But now I come home You’re in bed, on the phone And I wanna hold you close But she won’t get off the phone Oh baby please, get off the phone
6.
What’d ya say Momma? What’d ya say Papa? What’d ya say Sister? Baby, I love you! What’d ya say Momma? What’d ya say Papa? What’d ya say Sister? Baby, come home soon
7.
Something’s going on Something has gone quite wrong You’ve been living inside out You’re in pieces on my couch I try to put you back together Dressed in your favorite leather But you’re splitting at the seams And baby, you’re buckling at the knees I can tell what you are gonna do I can tell what you are gonna do I can tell what you are gonna do I can tell what you are gonna do
8.
Lady Bug 04:26
Cloudy with a chance of rain And all my warm clothes are grey And I can’t wait, until this generation Has to pay for it Won’t you go with me to the ball? We don’t have to dance at all, no We’ll just sit, and drink, but at some point babe we gotta make it look like we fit I mean, you’re a scream It’s bad, I don’t care It’s cold, wear a coat Get tough my lady bug Baby pay off your library loans, you don’t read too good, besides, we’re leaving town come tomorrow, and then we’ll go and drink But at some point babe we gotta find a home to fit I know I’ve ran outta things to call luck When I’m nice and drunk and alone, for no reason And baby I can’t wait, til the next generation Has to pay for it Don’t cry, your eyes Remind me sometimes It’s cold, wear a coat And I love my lady bug
9.
She Said 04:16
She said she liked Cadillac I said have a Ford, she said have it back She said she liked it hot I said how about now, she said maybe not She said she’d show me her house I said your parents? She said now quiet as a mouse I said where will I find you next She said baby ain’t that the trick I think that I’m in love with you, yeah you I think that I’m in love with you, yeah you I wan’t the whole wide world to know I’m in love with you To know I’m in love with you She said she had some lipstick That she’d be willing to part with If I had a little bit of time That I’d be willing to be smart with She said, “I’m not what I seem” I said, “Honey you’re right, you’re more like a dream” I think that I’m in love with you, yeah you I think that I’m in love with you, yeah you I want the whole wide world to know I’m in love with you To know I’m in love with you To know I’m in love with you To know I’m in love with you Yeah, you
10.
Sitting on a train You feel like nothing’s gonna save you Just remember what momma say Don’t forget your rosary Baby’s got a prayer book You’re digging through that book Strangers don’t know how mean they look But you’re feeling light as air, babe You gotta find that prayer Baby’s got a prayer book You’re digging through that book Strangers shooting looks But don’t you worry about a thing, babe Just remember what momma say Baby’s got a prayer book

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released July 4, 2018

Recorded & mixed fall 2015 by Ben Greenberg
Mastering by Will Killingsworth

Sax on tracks 1 & 9 by John Lovett

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Big City formed in 2013 in NYC and has since gone worldwide. It's a big city, you're just living in it.

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