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Big City Dreams & Small Town Failings

from Big City Dreams​/​Small Town Failings by Mark Ayling

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AN ENDLESS PROCESSION OF RED AND WHITE LIGHTS
STREAKING ALONG THE MOTORWAY
TO SOMEWHERE FAR OFF, OUT OF SIGHT
YOU SIT WATCHING FROM YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW EVERY NIGHT
WONDERING WHEN YOU'LL BE FREE OF THIS PLACE
FREE OF THE BOREDOM AND URBAN GREY
AWAY FROM THE SMALL MINDS AND PETTINESS
AND ALL THOSE KNOW-ALLS
THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THEIR SAY

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THESE WINDOWS SEEM LIKE PRISON BARS
THE DRUNKS IN THE STREET BELOW ACTING AS ARMED GUARDS
THE HILLS ALL AROUND SEEM LIKE MOUNTAIN RANGES
THE HIGHER YOU CLIMB THE HIGHER THEY RISE UP
BUT YOU KNOW THINGS NEED TO CHANGE
SO YOU DREAM OF HITCHING OUT OF THIS PLACE SO TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT
YOU HEAD INTO THE WIND, TOMORROW IS A FRESH NEW DAY
THE STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD AS A RUNAWAY

YOU CLIMB THE HIGHEST BUILDING AND LOOK AROUND
THE CITY LAID OUT AT YOUR FEET
BUT YOU KNOW NOW IT'S ALL A FAKE FACADE
BECAUSE THE BIG CITY MARCHES TO THE SMALL TOWN BEAT

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from Big City Dreams​/​Small Town Failings, released September 16, 2016

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A lifelong drummer, Mark Ayling has branched out into the world of acoustic music. Discarding the usual folk/acoustic influences such as Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, Mark takes his inspiration from artists as diverse as The Jam, New Model Army, The Specials, Motorhead and Joy Division, creating a sound that has the energy of punk whilst retaining the melodic elements of the acoustic guitar. ... more

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