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Sometimes I mIss the IRT

by Fred Gardner

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I dig the East Bay, but every now and then...

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Sometimes I miss the IRT
How sic transit gloria mundi, see
BART can take you home, baby
But it can't take me…

In the New York subways
they used to have vending machines
selling sweet gum for a penny
some kind of Juicy Fruit and Dentyne
Do they still exist
or are they just
victims of progress?

Indented into the girders
with mirrors so you could see
your face in on your way to school
or work and both were me
Do they exist
or are they just
victims of progress?

Did junkies rip off the miras?
Did vandals loot all the coins?
Did artists with spray cans paint desperate
identities all over them?
Do they exist
or are they just
victims of progress?

There were signs of enameled
one-inch tile
conductors who'd actually call out
Christopher Street, Sheridan Square
Houston, Cortland, Wall...
Do they exist
or are they just
victims of progress?

Sometimes I miss the IND
The purple A, the olive F the downtown CC
BART can take you home baby
It can’t take me…

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released February 2, 2014
words and music: Fred Gardner
Produced by Jason Berk

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