Had a jam session yesterday, and I didn't fully get to get my bluesy side out. I had to bust this out now, its about living in the city. I was thinking about where I've been, how old these great cities are (New York and Chicago) and how fantastic and lucky I am to share these things with my great girlfriend and my best friends. And also how some people act like they own these places, a lot of them don't even LIVE in the city but whatever. I'm still grateful to just be here.


Extended Stay
(Adams)

These shoes have seen a lot of sidewalk
They seen dirt too, probably gravel as well
Been all over, stepped on some tall stalks
Cooled off in heavenly home, after days in hell

These eyes have recorded some fantastic sights
Blue skies over bluer waters, sail boats fighting seas
The Modern hippys hitting on cute girls in tights
saw it all, and somehow still found those lost keys

My old jeans have brushed through buildings of ancient pasts
Old stone monuments with infinite stories full of heart and soul
Been sopping with rain that came down on these things that last
forever, at least longer than I will, just hope to make a mark somewhere I go

Gone farther than I thought I would
All these great things,
All these great places,
It was worth the price to pay
all for this, extended stay

Snow on my hat melts on the table near a door
In my apartment with the 14 windows
Looking 23 floors down at some people going in a general store
Humming comes from my vent while the heat blows

Living an unnatural way, depending on who you are
I got my paint, and got my girl, she's got a blanket
Towers of glass and steel rise up into the canvas of stars
City lights blink as we get to call it another night

My lips taste once again, another fine dish prepared with affection and care
Seasoned with the perfect company any humble man could ask for
Friends and a lover in a place many call home, they're kind to share
This place, these people, a high amonst 1000 lows in this, life's tour

Gone farther than I thought I would
More than a guy says I should
All these great things
All these great places
It was worth the price we pay
all for this, my extended stay

Thank you, oh fair people of this mixing bowl
I do appreciate being allowed to toil
It''s been fun, thus far, in my adopted abode
I could bring up your hypocritical nature, but Im not that shrewd
Although there are many, try to treat the next adopted son more hospitable
No matter how wondrous this place may be, they might not be as grateful as me
And I am

For this, my extended stay
It was all, every bit of it, worth the price to pay
all for this, my extended stay