Name: City On A Hill
Duration: P00H02M53S
Description: cover image: "the monk by the sea" by caspar david friedrich

City On A Hill

by Lee Zangari

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cover image: "the monk by the sea" by caspar david friedrich

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Winthrop stood before his flock
his beard was coming in, his face was lined
he said God most holy and wise
in his providence hath so designed

that we should be a city on a hill
we’ll be the light

we’ve never had a winter like this
but when spring arrives, I’ll be a bride
from the earth so barren and hard
he will be watching us with swollen eyes

when you are a city on a hill
you cannot hide

Mary gave birth in a national park
Teddy Roosevelt said, baby,
do you come here very much?
and then she burst out of her body
like a geyser, hot to the touch

you can have your city on a hill
I’m out to lunch

this man who wears a jacket of wool,
I will marry him before the tide
Satan’s washed away with the stream
all my laundry now is clean and dry

when you are a city on a hill
you are the light

when you're in a city on a hill
you must survive

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released August 18, 2016

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Lee Zangari Boston, Massachusetts

folk music from some flounder

"one of the most unique and brilliant sounds to emerge from greater new england. a truly gifted artist." – south shore magazine

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