Suburban Town

from Postcodes by Paul McManus & The Mayblooms

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I was born in a hospital of Mercy
Just outside the northern part of the city's CBD
They drove me down the freeway
Towards the shopping malls and the cheapened real estate
And that's where I stayed

Eighteen years went by so slow you would never even know
I was going anywhere as I sat there on that back porch.
So I filled my cup on that quarter acre block and walked out of the front door to look around.

At my Suburban Town
Where I felt the punch, I hit the ground.
Now each step that I take leads me further away
From the sights and lack of sound,
In my Suburban Town

Truth be told, i've been hanging out in somebody else's neighbourhood.
Feeling like an orphan child here, so misunderstood.
But there's something here in the land of the unknown
That leads from returning to that home.

To my Suburban town
Where I felt the punch, I kissed the ground.
Now each step that I take leads me further away
From the lightning in the ground.
Of my Suburban town

I learnt to drive on the factory side, where the mountains stare you down like they were birds upon a wire.
As soon as I could I grab the keys and popped the hood,
And I drove so fast away from all the sadness running rife
Through my life and my Suburban Town.

Oh it once felt good but that turned around.
Now each step that I take leads me further away
From the lightning in the ground
Of my suburban town.

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from Postcodes, released March 5, 2020

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