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This is a song about mature resignation in the face of human indifference and natural elements you can do nothing about.

My thanks to Chris Curtis for his harmonies, and to Sergio Aguilar of 423 Studios, for the supremely judged production and instrumental ability he brings to every song we have recorded!

"I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving."
- Brandon Jay McLaren

"I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most (city dwellers), and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life."
- Ben Elliot

Lyrics
Winter in the city of Vancouver
It’s brutal if you don’t have some steady pay
And any working hours you’ve gained
Don’t help to ease the pain
Of living on the edge day after day

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Hail and sleet are flaying me alive
Cos the ragged clothes I wear
Let in more than I can bear
It’s an endless daily struggle to survive

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
I’m seeking work to get me through to summer
If the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Coyotes snapping at my heels as I walk through Stanley Park
I sure don’t care to find out if their bite is worse than their bark!
My coffee’s cold in my two-year-old disposable Starbucks cup
I fear my hopes are so far down there’s no way to pull them up!

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Christmas snow, the first in many years
As I tramp through dirty slush
My face a cold, red flush
I brush away my bitter icy tears

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
If I knock upon your door, give me whatever chore
And if the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
Boss man says "Just a day, then on your way, son"
But at least I get some dollars in my hand

Winter in the city of Vancouver
A city that I love and love to hate
I’m looking for some heat,
And something good to eat
Nothing more, for now at any rate

Credits from Urban Tales, track released February 28, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers; Chris Curtis
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Album Cover photo: Image by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Urban Tales

Winter in the City of Vancouver

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Winter In The City Of Vancouver (Ft. Chris Curtis) 5 Stars Commended rating, UKSC, 2022

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Greg Hurley: Lyrics, Composition, Vocals, Slide guitar, Bass guitar, B3, Keys, Drum programming, mix and mastering.

Lyrics
As you walk to the window there’s people passing by
wonder if they’re feeling what your feeling deep inside
There’s something missing I feel like you should know
I had a good friend tell me,  many years ago

You got to move to know what it’s all about
It’s just a matter of time before it all works out.

just a matter of time before it comes your way
not always easy when, just another crowded day
Things start to happen It all falls into place
Now you're on your path to living your life filled with grace.

It’s just a matter of time before it all works out.
It’s just a matter of time feels like a dopamine rush

Dopamine Rush

Ascent to the Summit

SeekAndHide

My name is mr Nobody
Who likes to meet you all
But first of all 
I have to survive 
All these crimes
Against my life

I like to go some places
And forget all of your angry faces
But until then, I will hide when
You drink

This house is filled with your anger
In this house 
I cried myself
To sleep

My name is mr Nobody
Who likes to know why
Why I
Can't seem to behave
I don't feel save
Why nobody thinks I'm brave

I like to live a long time
And I hope someday that I feel fine
But until then, I will hide when
You drink

This house is filled with your anger
In this house 
I cried myself
To sleep

MR NOBODY (Original song) Demo version

Lyrics and Credits Below

LYRICS
I shake my head
To keep my tears inside
to force some happy thoughts
Into my head
I picture nice faces
Talking beautiful words
Then I shake my head again
This time to keep your face
Outside of my head
Outside of my head
Woh-oh
Oh-oh-oh!

And if my stomach will cry out
If my tears want to get out
I still won’t cry for you
Will never cry for you

I won’t cry
I won’t cry
Because of you
No, I won’t cry
I won’t cry
Because of you
I shake my head
to bring thoughts
inside my mind
I won’t cry 
No, I won’t cry 
because of you
I shake my head 
To keep your face 
out of my mind
No, I won’t cry
I won’t cry 
because of you


I know you’re there
Your presence big and wide
I shrink some more
Hyde in my head
I look for bright spaces
Imaginary places
Then I hide all in again
to have your face erased
from my own head
yeah! my own head
woh-oh-oh!
oh-oh 
And if I ever am in doubt
an’ all I wanna do is shout
I still won’t cry for you
no, I won’t cry for you

I won’t cry
I won’t cry
Because of you
No, I won’t cry
I won’t cry
Because of you
I shake my head
to bring thoughts
inside my mind
I won’t cry 
No, I won’t cry 
because of you
I shake my head 
To keep your face 
out of my mind
No, I won’t cry
I won’t cry 
because of you

CREDITS
Lucia Mameli: Music, Lyrics, Lead Vocals, Percussions, Producer
Berkinozcan: Electric Guitar
Gustav Jakobsson: Bass Guitar
Luca V (amethyst99): Backing Vocals
A Farbod: Alto Sax
Stopmediastudio: Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Assistant Producer
Zaib G: Artwork, Visualiser
Ibrahim G: Visualiser Subtitles

I Won't Cry

Lucia Mameli - I Wont Cry

would you drop out of the sky
like you did
the first time

would you drop out of the sky
one more time

once in a blue moon
the gods send someone like you

now my heart has changed 
and nothing stays the same
not even you

would you drop out of the sky?

would you drop out of the sky
one more time

out of the sky

In my own heart

An old mailman in his dying hometown reflects ...
Lyrics;
Her smile is so sweet
Sure to make you think
You should patronize this soda shop
And buy an ice cold drink

A bottle in her hand
I see her every day
On the wall of the old soda shop
Where she slowly fades away

But It has been so long
Since the shop had closed its doors
And the girl with the bottle
Hardly noticed anymore

I walk these streets
Of an ancient urban sprawl
Carrying the mail
From when, I can't recall

Cars still drive on Main Street
Though there's not much left to see
Old spirits and old bones
of the shops that used to be

This town's heart still beats
Though it struggles every day
With wounds as yet unhealed
And scars on full display

I walk the dead end streets
Of forgotten urban sprawl
An echo breaking silence
From my boots with each footfall

And part of me is missing.
Part of me is lost
As when summer turns to autumn
I feel the coming frost

Stars that shine at night
Disappear in morning light
As yesterday slips away
I'm holding on with all my might

Walking lonely streets
Through abandoned urban sprawl
Delivering the mail
Until there's no one left at all

Outside the old soda shop
With colors turning gray
The girl still holds the bottle
And nightfall's on the way...

The Girl Still Holds The Bottle

We've been friends with Slovenly Boy for many years but our paths hadn't crossed for some time. We met up recently in Liverpool and this is the result!
..............................................................
I bang the curb when I park the car.
I’ve got blisters in my mouth and I can’t walk very far - oh no.
I study at the school of life and dream
that one day I will win the lottery - oh yeah.
But I don’t smoke dope.
I don’t smoke dope.

I pray to God when things get tricky
I’m a fair weathered friend but I don’t mind a bit of froth - oh no.
I try really hard but not hard enough
but I’m a good bluff and when push comes to shove then I shove off.
But I don’t smoke dope.
No I don’t smoke dope.

So do you?
So do you?
I’ll come clean if you do too.

I walk on water but I can’t swim
I just stay on the surface looking deep – I don’t go in.
I raise myself above it all so it’s all beneath me
and I don’t fall – I just give in.
But I don’t smoke dope.

I’ve pushed hard and carried cans.
I’ve been needled, I’ve been jammed.
I’ve been hustled, I’ve been crammed.
I’ve had trips and I’ve had plans.
But I don’t smoke dope.

So do you!
So do you!
You can’t fool me I know it’s true.

I bang the car when I crawl the streets.
I’ve got blisters on my feet and now a foot in mouth disease - oh yeah.
I did a crash course in philosophical care
so now everything I think or do is neither here nor there.

I’ve got a heart of gold - I’ve got a heart of stone.
I’m as cold as ice or I’m as hot as the sun.
I’m your brother, your mother, your sister, your lover,
your father, your son, your daughter, your chum, your lifeblood, your gun.

But I don’t smoke dope.
No I don’t smoke dope.
No I don’t smoke dope - anymore.

I Don't Smoke Dope

I Don't Smoke Dope - The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy

I've got electric guitar, 
I play my stupid songs,
I write these stupid words.

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