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TOY CITY

by Toy City

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    Pre-order of TOY CITY. You get 9 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    releases May 5, 2023

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    20 SIGNED CD PRE-RELEASE of our full LP, which officially drops on May 5, 2023!

    Includes digital pre-order of TOY CITY. You get 9 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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1.
Do Re Mi 02:17 video
Let’s start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with A, B, C When you sing you begin with do re mi The first 3 notes just happen to be do re mi When you read you begin with A -B -C When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi Doe - a deer a female deer Ray - a drop of golden sun Me - a name I call myself Far - a long way to run Sew - a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Tea - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Doe
2.
Dinosaur 04:54
Days without sun A brand new name A culture of power Small angels and big churches All demand your best hours Caribbean mountains where the coffee grows so fair and high Fly my son like the wind Always following the Rara music Dinosaur Dinosaur Jump ship! All this can be yours On the left coast Henchy’s house is gone Stolen for a song Sticking knives in our ears There were chicks in your hair Dirt in the air Your definitely didn’t want to be there Dinosaur Dinosaur Out in the avenues Where the sky hangs low and gray We all work in advertising We’re all stuck on ladies rings There’s no bears in the hills Tigers in my head Wolves baking bread in my backyard It’s a big yellow truck Get your own beer you fuck It’s the Real World knocking on the door Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaur
3.
Mountains 02:45
Mountains are climbed One step at a time Arms are up To the sky Paint the water tower With my voice Now I say what I say And I feel what I feel The Palisades can scare you though The snow will fall and then it will go Always be at the beginning A good place to start And I miss you And I miss you And I miss you Mountains are climbed One step at a time
4.
Glue-All 03:24
Safe and non-toxic Bonds strong For all your needs Glue-All Ideal for children Dries clear Keep from freezing If so, give it 35 minutes Put me back together Put me back Put me back together Put me back Bonds most porous materials Like paper or cloth And semi-porous materials Like a piece of wood or of myself Put me back together Put me back Put me back together Put me back Put me back together Put me back Put me back together Put me back
5.
Your Story 02:33
How your story sets you free Now your story sets you free
6.
Figure 5 02:03
Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 In gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gongs clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city
7.
The Adventure The Bicycle Thief Open City Love and Anarchy The Rat Trap The Pawnbroker The Imitation of Life A Fistful of Dollars Red Desert Distant Thunder Vertigo The Sweet Life
8.
Send a notarized copy Of the record in your book Margherita Regina 1897 There are microfilm originals Thanks to the Mormons Send a notarized copy Of the record in your book Margherita Regina Entry number 55 Send a notarized copy Of the record in your book
9.
Imagine 03:39
Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for No religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions Do you hear that call? No need for greed or hunger A fellowship of all Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be one

about

Toy City is the result of a years-long songwriting collaboration between Paul Burke and Steve Shaheen, who started writing and performing together in the 1990’s Boston alt rock scene. This album was born during the COVID pandemic lockdown, with the songs driven by a sense of urgency and uncertainty of trying to adapt to a world that none of us recognized. Everything on this record was, by necessity, recorded and mixed in home studios.

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releases May 5, 2023

All songs written and recorded by Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen. Do Re Mi originally published by Richard Rodgers, and Imagine by John Lennon.

Drums on Dinosaur and Figure 5 by Anthony Vinciguerra

Drums on Bicycle Thief by John Hiser

Mixed by John Russell

Produced by John Russell & Toy City

Mastered by Joe Lambert

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Toy City Brooklyn, New York

Toy City is songwriting duo Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen

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