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The Walk

from Normal Boy by Bill Bressler

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lyrics

At my desk August '03
When the power went out in New York City
Down some stairs, out through the doors
How that day was a beauty
Seemed such a pity

First world problems knocking
Darkness and the sunshine
The sunshine

One little thought that crossed a few minds, when the blackout began
Was this Bin Laden?
Either way, the fear disappeared, and the city seemed peaceful
Worries forgotten

First world problems knocking
Standing in the sunshine
The sunshine
The sunshine

My wife was downtown, but I couldn't reach her
There were no working cellphones, no
Subway's down, can't get a cab
Looked like I'd have to walk home
From Sixth Avenue and 25th
To Brooklyn

So I'm walking it home, and I got a strut
I'm a little bit sweaty, and a little bit hot
Now I've walked it before, and I just won't stop
But in working clothes, my underwear's riding up

Got those first world problems a-knocking
Beating down on me as I'm walking
In the sunshine...

And the ice cream's melting
At the grocery
And all I really wanted was a bottle of cold iced tea

I made Broadway and Prince Street, where my wife would be
But her office was closed
The woman left without me
Slightly annoyed I walked down to the Brooklyn Bridge

And there's a policeman
Who says I cannot cross, with hundreds of people waiting in line
But I've come too far for this!
And right before my eyes, and right behind his back I see
Someone sneak around onto the bridge
Excuse me, I really have to run...

I made it across to be greeted by the waving borough president
It made me smile, after all I was a proud Brooklyn resident
Almost home, I carried on
Alone

Through the door, up some stairs
In a brownstone on Carroll, was our apartment
I sat down, alone on the bed
Until I heard voices from the back garden
I went to the window and opened it up
My wife was out back offering me a warm cup of iced tea
I walked right down

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from Normal Boy, released December 18, 2018
Jeremy Abbate: Acoustic and Electric Guitar

Bill Bressler: Keyboards, ARP Synthesizers, KORG POLY-800 through a Heil Talk Box, Additional Electric Guitar, Drum Programming, Backing Vocals

Stephen Goldberg: Vocals, Electric Guitar

Vin Tabone: Bass

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Bill Bressler South Orange, New Jersey

"I was born into the suburbs, had an average uneventful kind of youth...'

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