Slumber in the City

from 4...3...2... by Brett Alexander Boye

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I wrote this about two weeks after the initial rona lockdown in March of 2020. I had this dream about a sleeping waitress who looked a bit contorted in a diner booth and as I was waking up I had the phrase "Summer in the city" just revolving around and around in my head. So the song attempts to capture the doubt, confusion of what's to come in the following summer (turned out to be more or less true), the eerie quiet and also how awful events like these sometimes open up possible opportunities.

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Black beans......stored for so long
Suddenly......gleam like gold

Everybody's ready but no one knows why
No one knows what awaits this summer in the city
Everybody's ready but no one knows why
Everybody's ready for the slumber in the city

A waitress in a deep sleep
In a booth she usually serves
In a deep deep sleep
Which she richly deserves
Her aluminum crown......gleams like gold

Time for once to sing that song
That's been brewing in her heart
For far too long
When she awakes from vivid dreams
and stares at a still world or so it seems
Then she sings.....

Everybody's ready but no one knows why
No one knows what awaits this summer in the city
Everybody's ready but no one knows why
Everybody's ready for the slumber in the city

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from 4...3...2..., released December 15, 2020

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Brett Alexander Boye Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

With over 30 years of songwriting, Brett Alexander Boye would like to think he's evolved and learned a thing or two. His music is an attempt to find deep meaning and truth within a bizarre world ruled by untruth. His solo albums do derive from a wide range of influences like The Church, David Bowie, Mark Knopfler, Rob Pollard, Sigur Ros and others but always seeks to create something original. ... more

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