City Hall

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North-West Manhattan

On my way to City Hall

The sky is clear

No clouds, no rain

It’s 12:06 and I feel

A little scared but no big deal

My house is not

Too far away

Those people talking on the street

Make me fear the apocalypse

I wonder what

They might say

Do they think about who they are

Their destiny lost in the stars

I hope they will

Find their way

But I don’t wanna live like

Everybody lives today

Just let me try

To make my own way

My head goes up and down

And it all flips me around

But I’ll stay, I’ll stay

Like everybody lives today

Those people walking on the streets

That don’t care who they meet

Looking down

Going straight

The others are just passing by

Without even knowing why

Maybe thinking that

It’s their fate

Then the people thinking on the streets

About their jobs, and what it means

When all you do is

Never dream

Maybe it’s just about their age

Their ties keepin’ their souls in cage

The stories pass

Page by page

But I don’t wanna live like

Everybody lives today

Just let me try

To make my own way

My head goes up and down

And it all flips me around

But I’ll stay, I’ll stay

Like everybody is today

But I don’t wanna live like

Everybody lives today

Just let me try

To make my own way

My head goes up and down

And it all flips me around

But I’ll stay, I’ll stay

Like everybody lives today

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released February 26, 2021
Lyrics : Victor Cloutier, Hubert Lessard

Music : Victor Cloutier, Christophe Lahaye, Émil Kleinschmit, Mathais Poirier-Lacroix

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