Another Lonely Night in the City

A kaleidoscope fever dream contemplating the nature of a big city at night...

An older song rearranged and remixed to reflect things I've learned on this forum. For the curious, included a couple of screenshots at the bottom showing the setup for Rear Bus mixing, gain staging of the held guitar, and a few other subtleties. Happy to add details on any questions.

THANKS in advance for any listens and/or input!

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Vocals: D.A. Hughes
Other stuff: me

Style is _TWELVE.STY (Twelve High-volume Modern Rock)

RealTracks in style: 1009:Bass, Electric, HardRockThrash Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 1832:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopModernGrooveChorusHeld Ev16 075
RealTracks in style: 2644:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopHardMurray Ev16 075
RealTracks in style: 2643:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopHardHighMurray Ev16 075
Custom MIDI Style: 89 Pad-New Age (coleplay.STY [A] Guitar track) TTS-1 Fantasia patch
RealDrums in style: MetalEv^4-a:HalfopenHat, b:Snare, Closed HiHat

Standing in the light
Of an incandescent street lamp
I plugged my mind into
The outlet of 100 million screaming amps

I faltered for a moment
As a drunkard passed by and said simply “hi”
I coughed into my palm
Wiped the sweat from my forehead and sat down to cry

The policeman hustled me on
He said the time was gone
And life had passed me by
I fetched him the drunkard
And told him that I heard
That I was gonna die

Another lonely night in the city
Another lonely night to be so pretty
I found the spirit of adversity
Chasing me into a crowd of pity
The rain was falling
And I was calling for a cab
The cars were scurrying like crabs
And they looked like germs
Underneath the microscope
They were writhing like worms
And dangling like a corpse on a rope

Standing in the shade
Of an oversized hotel
I just had to laugh
At the doorman in his fancy coat tails

He held open a car door
As he held open a big black umbrella
And a group of kids
On the corner sang a song acapella

(interlude)

I listened to their voices
And the huge Rolls Royces
Splattered water on those guys
As they drove by too fast
And didn’t have the class
To stop and apologize

Another lonely night in the city
Another lonely night to sing so pretty
I found the spirit of the dead city
Alive with the thoughts of being witty
Jokin’ ‘bout immorality and perversion
Black market surgeons
Everyone’s learnin’
How to stay alive
Work from nine to five
And never care enough to help anyone survive
Just ignore the nitty gritty
Decide your fate by committee
It’s just another lonely night in the city

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Last edited by DC Ron; 08/28/24 01:55 PM.
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