Looking Up The Avenues

from Nothing is Something by .Sue Ann Harkey.

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Sue Ann Harkey - acoustic guitar, vocals
Robert Hinrix - piano
Elliot Sharp - clarinet
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Looking up the Avenues

Looking up the avenues
See how it accumulates
From a distance, elongated
Faintly there they are
They disappear as you enter them
Why is it used as an excuse for everything?
Apathy, pride, extravagance, obsession, neglect
There's too much coincidence
For just mere chance
One canyonous perspective
People are all you have in the city
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(This track was written after I arrived in New York City in 1983. For everyone who has ever arrived in New York, no matter which epoch, finds The City both profane and profound. At that time half of the East Village were vacant lots and the other half were burnt out buildings. Struggle was the occupation of us all, just to survive Koch, Aids and Crack.)

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from Nothing is Something, released May 5, 1983

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