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City of Lights

from Peddling Rag by The Paper Collar Pickers

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Well you knocked me sprawling, laid me flat
With a one two pow like lickety splat
But the big bright lights they’re calling me back to town
So I’m racing for the station as the whistle blows
Waving my ticket as the last door closes
Grabbin’ for a cabin and I hadn’t hoped for much until now

Fast cars, jazz bars, fireworks on a Saturday night
Cool cats, top hats, in the city of lights

Well there’s a top floor tiny room bachelor pad
In the middle of the centre of the place where it’s at
Just a little base camp from the rat-a-tat-tat below
I got my sights set on a mythological belle
She’s a mystery missin’-me mademoiselle
Don’t write me off yet, you never can tell you know

Champagne, pour again, out dancing on a Saturday night
Billboards, open doors, in the city of lights

Well I’ve paid the tab in every bar
But still no clue to where you are
I guess the city hides the stars from view
Still got a few tricks up my sleeve
In a checkered handkerchief
But the bones are saying it’s time I shot through
Shot through…

And as the sun dawns on this stabbing ache that I made
With every top shelf cocktail my credit could raise
It’s an effervescent lesson for the rest of my days to know
So I’m foiled again but with a fare thee well bow
‘Til the next time we meet ‘til the clock strikes the hour
I’ll be back on the ball we’ll be rollin’ just how it goes

Upstairs, if you dare, light the flares from the highest of heights
Dapper Dan, back again, in the city of lights

In the city of lights
In the city of lights…

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from Peddling Rag, released December 24, 2023
Rod Vervest - resonator guitar, vocals
Craig Sinclair - acoustic guitar, vocals

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The Paper Collar Pickers Albany, Australia

The Papercollar Pickers are Rod Vervest and Craig Sinclair, two musicians who share a common love for ragtime guitar, close harmonies and Albany’s granite coastline.

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