The Sound of Towns
THE SOUND OF TOWNS
Announcing my address in Gateshead
Usually started me feeling half dead.
The flames crackled as the Detroit River burned to Toledo
While my soft guitar chords echoed over Rio de Janeiro.
But I couldn’t help but dance the samba
When reciting my address in Cochabamba.
Now I wanna live back in Jujuy with the mountains near -
Address sounds like a football cheer.
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NOTES
Gateshead - a dreary UK industrial city of my childhood
Jujuy - high in the foothills of the Andes in Argentina
Cochabamba - Bolivia – the Garden City
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil – football and music
9 April 2021
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2021
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