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Artist: The Canvas Waiting
Canonical path: /the-canvas-waiting/this-city
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This City
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This City
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Well this city cradles you to sleep
It picks you up when you're on your knees
And it keeps and it lets you dream
I wouldn't dare take you away
We keep waiting
For something that'll never change
We keep spinning
In circles till I can't see straight
And I had you
But the city took you away
Yea the city took you away
This city keeps me awake
I lay up at night wondering why I stayed
And I still had the choice and I had your faith
Now I don't know what I believe
We keep waiting
For something that'll never change
We keep spinning
In circles till I can't see straight
And I had you
But the city took you away
Yea the city took you away
Take me back lower east side
I was still in your head
You were still in my hands
And brooklyn was in sight
Why, why
I don't know why
We keep waiting
For something that'll never change
We keep spinning
In circles till I can't see straight
We keep waiting
For something that'll never change
And we just keep spinning
In circles till I can't see straight
Oh and I had you
But the city took you away
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