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City of Roses

from Sometimes Monkeys Die by Bogsey

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Written in an outdoor theater in while on tour with KIDS in Portland

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Im a long way from home in the city of roses
Could I put on a show theyd enjoy
On this wheat cracker slab of concrete

Maybe someday ill write a song
I can play where its usually quiet
Ill sing in a spot where silence is golden
And hopefully people will like it

A boy was born in Arkansas,
I forget his name
He was short, and pale, with dandelion hair
That never could be tamed

he wrote poetry in a leatherbound notebook
his grandmother purchased for him
with the money she saved at the end of the month
from her dwindling government pension

The boy dreamed himself as a writer
His ink burned as hot as the Sun.
He used the most beautiful words that he knew
And wrote them all down one by one

He poured his heart onto the pages
And brought it to class to share
And the children laughed at him and blew the
wishes from his
Dandelion hair

But the boy was not to be discouraged
So he went home and worked out all night
After 10 years of football regimes
He was captain of stoneybrook high

This may be a poor resolution
But sometimes things change suddenly
And we give up on our dreams
Far to easily

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from Sometimes Monkeys Die, released December 1, 2012

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