Decline of Mankind

from New Blues by David P. Smith

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lyrics

In a dream I walk the streets
of a city that always sleeps
Building tumble from the sky
and flames shoot from my feet
I got a bluebird on my shoulder
lucky rabbit on my head
The bluebird is of Chinese descent
and the rabbit has long been dead
Night falls
crawls to the river
day softly breaks
and crazy lazy city
never ever wakes

The pharmacists insist
sleeping pills will cure my ills
But don’t they know about the predator, the reaper
and the night time creeper
and robots who patrol the sky
with eyes of fire
and don’t they know that when I sleep
the trees whisper and conspire
This city
where night is abundant
where arriving is redundant
'cause when you get here
you're already there
and when you get there
you're already here

Crumbled on the couch
with a bottle of wine
I fastidiously monitor
the decline of mankind
And I’m the kind of man
who tried to be good
and if I have failed
I hope that’s understood
In my backyard
I dug up a bone
I use it now
to touch my phone
The birds, the trees, digital feed
I never knew life could be so good to me

credits

from New Blues, released September 23, 2016
David P. Smith - accordion, vocals
Marek Tyler - drums
Hank Pine - cello

Recorded, engineered, and mastered by Myke Hall @ MFH Studios, Victoria, BC, Canada

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more