Here’s a new song I wrote in NYC last weekend:
The Train Into The City
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guitar and vocals: jason molin
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I take the train into the city
I read graffiti on the way
while commuters read their papers
I learn what young punks have to say
I see the walls filled up with names
the wild-styled dialects
some I barely understand
but for each one I have respect
The crumbled walls are falling down
beside the tracks are broken parts
among the rubbish and the rubble
a gallery of broken art
The city’s silhouette approaches
above the traffic in the streets
above the nameless men in doorways
the skyline jagged as a key
I take the train into the city
I read graffiti on the way
while commuters read their papers
I learn what young punks have to say
Story: While I was staying with my brother in New Jersey I’d commute into NYC each day. I wrote this one morning on the train.
