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Golden Gate Way

by The Fall of Manhattan

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Everyone in California seems like a murderer to me
And if they don’t get you first the spiders might
Most days the reasons why we came out here to live run off and hide
Among the hills and houses we pass by each night

What does it mean to be well-meaning while the world goes up in flames
Beginning with the woods outside your door
And your portfolio gains value as your home appreciates
And you tweet eloquent concerns about the poor

We’ll all be so much better off without you
Whether you burn to ash or crumble to the bay
And I pray that when it happens we’ll have left this all behind us
And be watching from 3,000 miles away

From a million-dollar vantage point we watched the smoke roll in
Packed the car and headed north, far as we could
Where great-grandsons and daughters of the pioneers live alongside
New white supremacists cooking meth in the woods

We’ll all be so much better off without you
Whether you burn to ash or crumble to the bay
And I pray that when it happens we’ll have left this all behind us
And be watching from 3,000 miles away

The sun-baked road sprawls out before us and the question calls again
Will we turn east or just drive once more to the shore
And watch a choked and toxic sunset through the tailpipe-colored haze
And wish our friends from New York would come visit more

We’ll all be so much better off without you
Whether you burn to ash or crumble to the bay
And I pray that when it happens we’ll have left this all behind us
And be watching from 3,000 miles away

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released September 17, 2020
The Fall of Manhattan: everything except mastering, which was done by the fabulous Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound Nashville.

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The Fall of Manhattan Oakland, California

California is in flames. American democracy is sliding toward collapse. Uprisings rage across the nation.

The Fall of Manhattan is creating a soundtrack for the moment — written in quarantine, in production now, to be released in real time, every few weeks, until the project is complete.

National Steel is the record. Golden Gate Way is the lead-off track. Strap in. It's gonna be a hell ride. ... more

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