City of Dreams
from The Story Is Everything (CD + download) by John & Tanya
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The Story Is Everything
More than 20 years in the making, this collaboration between childhood friends, longtime songwriters and current spouses, John and Tanya Voorhees brings the listener on an epic journey of narrative, from the sands of Egypt to the postmodern world.
This CD contains the 15 tracks available on the digital download, plus an additional bonus track, The Breath Of God. A 20-page booklet of lyrics and artwork is included, and the package is autographed by the artists.
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lyrics
I walk
And the jingle of the pennies in my pocket
Are reminding me of home
In this hour of my existence
I am lost and left to roam
The empty streets of Skid Row
I am down as low as the ragged people
Just off St. Charles Avenue
They say a town can get you down
My God, I know it's true
New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
I sit on the levee
And I watch the city lights
That are reflecting on the water
Knowing if I had half the courage
That I thought I had
I'd take my life
Deprivation
Is a word that I know very well
The meaning of
Hiding from the markets I've been stealing from
In New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
I came
From a town northeast of St. Louis
A ways
I came
To leave the life I had and
Find a better way
Oh
In New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
So here I am
Laying low and hungry in an alleyway
Without a name
No place to go
Except back to the streets
That I have roamed so many times
Every step and crack by heart
I know
I am down as low as the ragged people
Just off St. Charles Avenue
They say a town can get you down
My God, I know it's true
New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
And the jingle of the pennies in my pocket
Are reminding me of home
In this hour of my existence
I am lost and left to roam
The empty streets of Skid Row
I am down as low as the ragged people
Just off St. Charles Avenue
They say a town can get you down
My God, I know it's true
New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
I sit on the levee
And I watch the city lights
That are reflecting on the water
Knowing if I had half the courage
That I thought I had
I'd take my life
Deprivation
Is a word that I know very well
The meaning of
Hiding from the markets I've been stealing from
In New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
I came
From a town northeast of St. Louis
A ways
I came
To leave the life I had and
Find a better way
Oh
In New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
So here I am
Laying low and hungry in an alleyway
Without a name
No place to go
Except back to the streets
That I have roamed so many times
Every step and crack by heart
I know
I am down as low as the ragged people
Just off St. Charles Avenue
They say a town can get you down
My God, I know it's true
New Orleans
The city of dreams that don't come true
credits
from
The Story Is Everything (CD + download), track
released 22 January 2012
music & lyrics - Tanya Voorhees
Tanya Voorhees - lead vocals, 12-string guitar
John Voorhees - harmony vocals, 6-string guitar, percussion, harmonica, faux mandolin
music & lyrics - Tanya Voorhees
Tanya Voorhees - lead vocals, 12-string guitar
John Voorhees - harmony vocals, 6-string guitar, percussion, harmonica, faux mandolin
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