We Live In A Beautiful City

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Meet me at the station, let's take the ferry to the Eye
The port is so alive, it almost feels like we're in a dream
You have been such a special friend
You welcomed me here, you lent me your ears
But now it's time for our ship to haul-in
Pull up the sails!
Raise all the bridges!
Here comes The Nightingale!
Set sail for Cadiz!
It seems so strange, you brought out the best in me
As I wandered these streets
It seems so strange, I left a little part of me, in your
Psychogeography, oh, oh-oh
We laugh, we love, we live in a beautiful city
It's an international situation, we live in a beautiful city
Like all good things this feeling may never last
This city is built on the memories of those that pass through
Like the light that scatters on the Prinsengracht tonight
Nothing really matters, life's a party of Mad Hatters
And now it's time for our ship to haul-in
Pull up the sails!
Raise all the bridges!
Here comes The Nightingale!
A new port is calling
It seems so strange, you brought out the best in me
As I wandered these streets
It seems so strange, we drowned our purgatories
In your tributaries, oh, oh-oh
We laugh, we love, we live in a beautiful city
It's an international situation, we live in a beautiful city

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released July 30, 2021
Music & lyrics: Stephen James Howard
Vocals, guitars, & drum programming: Stephen James Howard
Producer: Stephen James Howard
Photo credits: Brigitte Gualde

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Ten Katestraat Amsterdam, Netherlands

#Alternative #Indie guitar band concept based in Amsterdam & Geneva. A Brexit refugee and former street busker, English singer-songwriter Stephen J. Howard rebooted his music career after playing his new defiant political songs at the Amsterdam Songwriters' Guild Cafe de Koe open mic in August 2017. A string of single releases since 2019 have gained Dutch and international radio play. ... more

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