Teddy Take Me To The City

from Kama Sutra Rodeo by Susan DeVita

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© by Susan DeVita and John Tabacco
Published by Mr. Chichooli Music (SESAC) / It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

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Teddy Take Me to the City

I drove my car like I stole it
Through the one light in this one horse town
With the radio dripping love songs like a thick grape Kool Aid™.

You gotta live like you mean it.
If you don’t, then you should just lie down.
I’m sick of watching the corn grow and die.
I need a back door exit.

Teddy, take me to the city.
I always thought that you were cute.
You told me once that I was pretty,
and you don’t have horse shit on your boots!
Teddy, take me down that highway.
You know we’ll never make it here.
For once just try to see it my way.
Let’s jump in your car and disappear.


We’re just a face in a yearbook.
I don’t want to die where I was born.
Can you hear it, the tick tick tick?
Man, that’s Big Ben yawning.

This scarecrow looks at me sideways.
He says, ‘Honey, better shake your birds.’
I said, “You don’t see me tied to no pole.
I got a good thing going”

Teddy, take me to the city.
I always thought that you were cute.
You told me once that I was pretty,
and you don’t have horse shit on your boots!
Teddy, take me down that highway.
You know we’ll never make it here.
For once just try to see it my way.
Let’s jump in your car and disappear.

Teddy, I like you, Teddy.
Drive faster, Teddy.
The night is getting clearer.
The zombies are getting nearer.
I see my mama in the rear view mirror,
But I can’t hear her.
For God’s sake, Teddy, blow the light.

The day you leave , that’s the day you arrive.
Sometimes surrender - that’s the way you survive.
You’ll find love again

They’ll be oxygen
You can follow your luck like an ice cream truck down a street that’s unfamiliar
To the sweetness at the end once you arrive.

The day you dream, that’s the day you’re awake.
Sometimes the future, that’s your only escape.
Keep the suitcase light.
Pack your lunch tonight.
You can follow a sandwich loosely to its logical conclusion,
And the bread will be alright once you’re awake.
And the day you leave, that’s the day you arrive

You know we’ll never make it here.
For once just try to see it my way.
Let’s jump in your car and disappear.

credits

from Kama Sutra Rodeo, released April 6, 2016
SD: Vocals
JT: Rhythm guitar, Programming, Back up vocals
Joe Gioglio: Electric guitar

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Susan DeVita New York, New York

Susan DeVita is a NY based singer song writer. She had the incredible honor of recording with legendary producer Arif Mardin and was signed to RCA records by Paul Atkinson. In addition to following her muse as a solo artist, Susan was also a founding member of the celebrated Lucky 13 trio on Sonic Underground. ... more

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