Into The City Tonight
from From Anytown In The USA (11 song album) by Joe Normal
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Blue-Collar Power Pop? Pub Rock? Britpop? All of the above!
The very first song ever recorded by Joe Normal & The Anytown'rs.
The very first song ever recorded by Joe Normal & The Anytown'rs.
lyrics
Passing the time looking out from my window
Above the trees and the neighborhood
From way up here I can see on a clear day
Down to the docks, and the City’s in view
Drive to Manhattan on the Pulaski Skyway
Stop at the toll booth, then we’re counting the tiles
That line the tunnel right up to the state line
That’s how we’ll know that we’ve escaped for awhile
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Going into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Another day sleeping under my pillow
I hear the trains as they pass, then fade
And down the port I can hear the ships blow
I’m wishing they could take us far away
And up the road by the Budweiser factory
The planes take off and leave us all behind
So in our boredom, grab a six with a buddy,
And dream of places we may never find, then go
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Going into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Yeah, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Get out now
Looking out from the grey shingle roof tops
At the trucks and buses on Routes 1 & 9
They’re passing by thirteen square miles of nothing
Just a mundane town, full of mundane lives
They’re going
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Far from the family fight
Into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
C’mon let’s go
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Let’s go into the city tonight
We gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
We gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Into the city tonight, Into the city,
Into the city, oh
Into the city tonight
Yeah, we gotta get out
Oh c’mon now
We gotta get out
We gotta get out tonight
Above the trees and the neighborhood
From way up here I can see on a clear day
Down to the docks, and the City’s in view
Drive to Manhattan on the Pulaski Skyway
Stop at the toll booth, then we’re counting the tiles
That line the tunnel right up to the state line
That’s how we’ll know that we’ve escaped for awhile
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Going into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Another day sleeping under my pillow
I hear the trains as they pass, then fade
And down the port I can hear the ships blow
I’m wishing they could take us far away
And up the road by the Budweiser factory
The planes take off and leave us all behind
So in our boredom, grab a six with a buddy,
And dream of places we may never find, then go
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Going into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Yeah, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Get out now
Looking out from the grey shingle roof tops
At the trucks and buses on Routes 1 & 9
They’re passing by thirteen square miles of nothing
Just a mundane town, full of mundane lives
They’re going
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Far from the family fight
Into the city tonight
Well, we gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
C’mon let’s go
Into the city tonight
Far from the struggle,
Out of the boredom
Let’s go into the city tonight
We gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
We gotta get out, We gotta get out tonight
Into the city tonight, Into the city,
Into the city, oh
Into the city tonight
Yeah, we gotta get out
Oh c’mon now
We gotta get out
We gotta get out tonight
credits
from From Anytown In The USA (11 song album),
released February 3, 2023
Written by Joe Normal
Musicians:
Joe Normal - Vocals, Guitars
Tony Babylon - Basses
Tony Snow - Drums, Percussion
Recorded + Produced at Estudio International
Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA
by Manny Nieto
Written by Joe Normal
Musicians:
Joe Normal - Vocals, Guitars
Tony Babylon - Basses
Tony Snow - Drums, Percussion
Recorded + Produced at Estudio International
Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA
by Manny Nieto
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Joe Normal® is a founding member of 80's Sunset Strip glam-
pop legends The Zeros. He's a co-writer on Sammy Hagar’s “Not 4 Sale” LP, and even recorded with punk icon Stiv Bators.
Compared to Cleaners From Venus, Paul Westerberg, and Jesse Malin, Joe Normal is an "Authentic underground storyteller with a Glam Rock heart." -Aquarian (NJ)
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