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MetroSongs, Volume 7: Connections

by Jason Mendelson

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1.
Landover 00:33
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We are the greatest band in the NFL marching for eighty years so you know us well Landover is our home but wherever we may roam you'll want to join us and sing along cheering Hail, Hail, Hail!
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Tysons Corner 04:31
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Goodbye is a word that I heard in the movies but we're not the kind to be known for great acting when we met after work and you asked me to light up your last cigarette we shared the smoke for a few years that neither of us would be soon to forget Every time I drive down here anymore all I think of is the time in the food court when we believed that everything happened to be leading to something Walk with me here through the mall I've got a great big surprise I'll reach in my pocket and give you a ring this could be something Hello was the first of the words we exchanged here that quickly dissolved in an echoing chorus what we built in a town where a river of pavement divides it in two all fell apart in that one perfect scene where you cut me and ran me straight through Every time I drive down here anymore all I think of is the time in the food court when I believed that everything happened to be leading to something Remember that time in the mall I got a great big surprise I reached in my pocket to give you a ring you left me with nothing Here's to our second chance Here's to our second chance five long years go by I still believe that everything happens to be leading us here where I fought to hold back the tears I still believe it starts with this one cup of tea now that we're here I'm hoping you'll finally see I still believe
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McLean 03:19
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Between the subtle shading of absence and light lies the nuance of illusion All the code crackers are working on a sculpture, keeping them awake every night Keeping them awake every night Losing their minds, Losing their minds Totally invisible, how the heck’s it possible? Information transmitted underground Calculate the latitude, I can do the longitude, grab a shovel, let’s get to work tonight Only Double-W knows Losing our minds (Kryptos, Kryptos) We’re losing our minds (Kryptos, Kryptos) (organ) Wonderful things The candle flickers from the hot air escaping from the chamber where I made a breach in the corner Clearing out debris, tell me, Howard what do you see? Details of the room emerge presently Tell me Howard, what do you see? I’m losing my mind (Kryptos, Kryptos) I’m losing my mind (Kryptos, Kryptos) Losing my mind (Kryptos, Kryptos) I’m losing my mind (All hail, Kryptos) (???) Wonderful things
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Suitland 04:10
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Every year this rolls around once the snow has lifted every person fills a form and soon forgets they’re vested carry one for the other so does one man say what he really made and did the other man pay what he really paid to the man down in Suitland everyone is counting on you did you really tell me true you know that road you drove today to visit all your clients did you think it paved itself? this isn’t rocket science carry one for the other so does one man say what he really made and did the other man pay what he really paid to the man down in Suitland there’s a woman with a baby on her arm doesn’t know where her next meal is comin’ from indirectly from me indirectly from you stamps that make her world go round once again I find myself on the edge of anger not for nothing no one did then it calmly passes carry one for the other so does one man say what he really made and did the other man pay what he really paid to the man down in Suitland everyone is counting on you did you really tell us true everyone is counting on you there’s a junkie with a needle in his arm doesn’t know how to get back where he started from indirectly from me indirectly from you a home to help him turn around
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Anacostia 09:05
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Chorus: We need unity in the DMV because BLACK LIVES MATTER I mean it seriously we need unity in the U.S.A. because BLACK LIVES MATTER every day Educate! Educate! Educate! Liberate! Liberate! Liberate! AGITATE! AGITATE! AGITATE!
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Ballpark 04:22
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If you ask me to take a trip back in time to a simpler time in my life when the only thing that I feared was a swing and a miss Find me sitting by the dugout, first base side cheering the Nationals buy me some peanuts and a half smoke every time and throw in some Dippin' Dots at the Ballpark Terry talked about baseball back in the day the guys like Mantle and Mays then there's Van Lingle Mungo, courtesy Dave I guess that name was his fave John runs out to play center field, My Oh My! Find me... This could be the year that Teddy wins again Jayson, provin' his worth, hittin' dingers even when he broke his wrist divin' down in the dirt Zimmerman with the plan on the first base bag and his eye on the ball always ready to tag Strasburg, record breakin' fourteen K's, sat 'em down in short order on his very first day then Bryce, beaned, didn't get mean, just stole home plate takin' one for the team! If you ask me to tell you about Arthur Gorman the president of this club back in 1867, he got a lot done took his team on the first tour of the nation to play other clubs so the newspapers joined on the train and they wrote about the victories they went 9 and 1 Find me...
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Naylor Road 03:44
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Hangin' with my bff MJ at the roller rink every Saturday left my skates at my mom's so I have to rent a pair hope i get the ones that match the color scrunchy in my hair Pair skate all skate girls skate boys skate oh my god i got a high five Who's that boy roller skating up to me? Whos' that boy? come on L'Faith now take my hand I just saw him pass by Let's blow past all these losers so that you can catch his eye he's got so many tricks he must have been sent from above he takes my hand and spins me round i think that i'm in love Part II: I never want to live without your love you're my one and only hon, our love will rise above if a clear blue sky fades into gray i believe in you and me, our love will never stray Every word I said and you can bet I meant it too every thing I did meant nothing without you when you hold my hand I know you love me too everything means nothing without you
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Greensboro 04:37
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My dinner with Andy in this strip mall my ignorant questions, he answers them all I’ll have more in the future, I’m so quite sure all over the world there’s 10,000 more Yesterday I planned to make this about a Korean place that’s a story for another time and place so I met Andy at a different kind of place My dinner with Andy was without flair just nice after work to grab a bite somewhere this sea of commuting, I nearly drown what once was the sticks is a bustling town Yesterday I planned to make this about a Korean place that’s a story for another time and place so I met Andy at a different kind of place a conversation that oughta be happening more often person to person, a little understanding sure does go a long way ought to be talking with each other so many choices of world cuisine to facilitate this discussion breaking our bread with our hands and passing the salt if you can gather together, variety spices up all our lives My dinner with Andy again next week he works until 6, so say 6:15 join us with your questions, there’s lots of time to answer them thoughtfully as we dine
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Southern Avenue 03:13
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Clean, diagonal line Never better if you have some free time Three square miles of a sensitive town Southern Avenue is down The Arc and Building Bridges and the Convenant House Just a few steps south of the border peek out of the tunnel just to look at the trees maybe take a bus to the harbor Clean, diagonal line Never better if you have some free time Three square miles of a sensitive town Southern Avenue is down Lots of single family ramblers Hanging out at Iverson Mall Census Bureau just a bit farther Trying to make sense of it all
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White Flint 05:10
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Now for our 25th monopoly We’ve brought our finest demolition crew If you don’t leave we’ll have to throw you out We doubt you really have the stones to sue London Bridge is falling down Close behind is White Flint Mall
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Forest Glen 04:26
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(instrumental)
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Congress Heights 15:29
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Looking out my window to the blue sky up above unprepared for what I might find here the last step in a written story meant to give a voice to those who have been truly locked away Denise was here but now she’s gone she left her name to carry on and how I wish she were still here with me I wish that I was sailing down that river far away I’ve been here for way too long, why do I have to stay? medication morning noon and night with thorazine doesn’t help you sleep when all your neighbors do is scream oh, oh history inside these walls, Dorothea Dix moral treatment, psycotherapy to heal the sick many stories through these halls as Karlyn came to learn too many to hear from just 5 days inside that world You don’t have to be crazy to work here but it helps reads the poster on the office wall I wish that I was sailing down that river far away I’ve been here for way too long, why do I have to stay? medication morning noon and night with thorazine doesn’t help you sleep when all your neighbors do is scream oh, oh Part II: Last shot at redemption Last hope of reflection One little exception Numb to the dimension I wish I was sailing (on a river far away)

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released March 18, 2017

Art by Caleb Menzies
Photographs by various contributors
Mostly tracked, partially mixed, and completely mastered by JM at An Undisclosed Location.
Tysons Corner, McLean, Suitland, and Ballpark mixed by Ken Barnum.
Marching band recorded at FedEx Field by Ken Barnum.
Grand piano (Tysons, Suitland) tracked at Bias Studios, Alexandria, VA.

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Jason Mendelson Washington, D.C.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Jason Mendelson of Alexandria, Virginia created MetroSongs in 2010 with the goal of writing and recording a unique original song for each of the DC area's 91 Metro station locations, based on local history and character. The project was completed in April 2017 with Volumes 7 & 8. ... more

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