Name: Subterranean Sympathy for New York City
Duration: P00H06M42S
Description: this is about being a subway musician, busking late nights in New York

Subterranean Sympathy for New York City

from Senza Amanti by Meaner Pencil

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this is about being a subway musician, busking late nights in New York

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Burn me right
all through the night
and may eye whites
set my soul to rights

All hearts are true
I'll put my faith in you
oh cause my heart's gone dark
I need your spark

When I came to the city
I had money on my mind
I had money on my mind
I had money on my mind

And I think what I wanted
was to learn to be unkind
was to learn to be unkind
was to learn to be less kind, but

Singing in the subway
some hearts were in my hands
But, singing in the subway
some hearts were in my hands and

An old man from China thought
he saw me, singing there
you know, sad lady laments, there,
in 1952. and we've
come so far from
where our hearts are
(and we've come so far from
where our hearts are)

When I came to the city
I had money on my mind
I had money on my mind
tiny pennies on my eyes

So burn me right.

credits

from Senza Amanti, released February 3, 2014
Words and music by Meaner Pencil (Lenna Pierce). Recording Tech/album midwife: Steve Nelson. Shaina Allison: producer. Album Art by Leigh McLinden. Blue Dragon Moon records.

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Meaner Pencil New York

Meaner Pencil is a singing cellist whose style is influenced by blues, post-punk, and romantic opera. She uses her songs to glorify everyday experiences and acts of kindness, but is also willing to face the darkness. She is often heard singing in the New York subway system late at night. Her newest album Senza Amanti, was named WFMU's new album of the day on March 23rd 2014 ... more

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