Gateway City Serenade

from Set Sail EP by Shinsplints

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Gateway City Serenade:

Remember when we crept and crawled through the dark?
We stumbled to the loop and took shots in forest park
It seems like it's been so damn long
Since we drank Jameson and sang our favorite songs
To a silent city

I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up

Lay me down tonight in the gateway to the west
The cracks in the sidewalks hold our history
I'd rather drown in the deep of the Mississippi
Than to leave this last song unsung

I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up

We'd try to count the stars every single night
As we walked up and down Washington Avenue
But the glow of the streetlights and neon signs
Was always blocking our view

I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up

I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up

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from Set Sail EP, track released January 1, 2011

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