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Hard Times Detroit

from Weight of the City by Matt Focht and the Faders

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lyrics

Keep your train rolling, keep your head up high
New ideas will come to you tonight

For every chain link fence that divides
There’s a brother who believes in you on the other side

Sweet lady, my woman, my child
You were right about the garden, how it grew tall and never died
I worried nothing would survive

Sunflower skyscraper makes a shower head
Pouring sunlight in the morning from the window to the bed

But it’s much too late for your green memory
And your glad tidings
Alright

The candidate at the podium says I really need your vote
I can kill every fascist full of greed and evil

Is she a symbol for the devil, or maybe the antichrist?
Shooting wolves from an airplane is how I spend my nights

Job cuts, setbacks, no money, no time
The Detroit sun beats down on the unemployment line

Street corner cheap store, weeds growing from the cracks
The hookers walk in silence right beside the railroad tracks
Waiting for someone to ask

Goodbye lady love, staying I wish I was
Think of the green moss on the farm and the big sky above
We’ll ride horses through the sandhills
Because tomorrow might never come
Tomorrow might never come

But it’s much too late to fear the unknown
If the ice caps melt we’ll be underwater

Well, it’s hard times Detroit
Your city’s in need, get your wheels spinning free

credits

from Weight of the City, released October 28, 2016
Max Crawford – accordian, omnichord
Dan Dietrich – bass
Matt Focht – vocals, acoustic guitar
Ethan Semone – lead guitar
Colby Starck – drums, vocals

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Matt Focht Omaha, Nebraska

Matt Focht (Faders) — the Chicago pop auteur whose music The Chicago Tribune hailed “as forward-looking and thrilling as indie rock gets,” returns with “Weight of the City,” an ambitious new musical project that combines the hypnotizing folk of Neil Young, the collective spirit of The Band, and the guitar bliss of Big Star.

"Please Don't Say" is the tip of the spear for an album from the heart. ... more

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