more from
SubFamily Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

You Don't Have to Go to Brooklyn

from Lake Victoria by The Sweet Clementines

/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    4-panel eco wallet designed by Mark Lerner of Rag and Bone Shop.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lake Victoria via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

lyrics

Everyone knows this place is hypnosis.
They don’t want to go but the boots
are just following process.
The spine is a south bound train.

They gave you some slack. Now they’re taking it back.
In your Yo-Yo drama,
try to hold the fermata with feeling.
Oh baby I just can’t explain.

This is the pearl of the possible worlds
if you’d just believe what I say.
the paint may be peeling from the spinning ceiling
but you’re the rock now and you don’t have to go to Brooklyn.

Everyone knows it’s prime on the coast,
it’s wild in the streets, and you’re old
when you need it the most, child,
this little something for pain.

But it’s odd to regard yourself
the Gerard Manley Hopkins of hip hop.
I drop it for love, not profit.
Oh, baby nobody can explain.

You hate the feeling but someday the ceiling
won’t spin for you anymore.
Why, I remember my Ma saying if you’re already gone
then you won’t have to go to Brooklyn.

You are the pearl of the possible worlds
for as long as it spins at all.
Nobody’s leaving when we’re all still having a ball,
and you don’t have to go to Brooklyn.

credits

from Lake Victoria, released January 30, 2016
Written by John Burdick

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Sweet Clementines New Paltz, New York

New Paltz, NY, eccentric rock band the Sweet Clementines continue to play a melodic, musically adventurous brand of smart guitar pop. With vibraphones and violins. They are: John Burdick, Jason Sarubbi, Marianne Tasick, Matt Senzatimore, and Paul Carroll. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Sweet Clementines

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Sweet Clementines, you may also like: