Keys To The City

‘Keys To The city’ off the ‘Taxi’ ep

INSPIRATION/INFORMATION:

“Keys To The City’ is about coming face to face with a person whose authority dwarfs yours. They can help or hinder your cause, but either way, you’re very invested and they can retreat behind their iron gate at a moment's notice. In my instance, I was supporting someone who needed disability access. But it might be a judge in court, a government bureaucrat, a real estate agent or a politician. This song seeks to examine how underwhelming a person can be when they’re authority is so overwhelming.”
- Michael McCartney

CREDITS

KEYS TO THE CITY

Written, Performed & Produced by Michael McCartney.

Engineered by Michael McCartney. | Recorded at Love Street Studios, Currumbin

Mixed by Konstantin Kersting | Mastered by Mathew Redlich.

Additional Instrumentalists.

Hemi Time - Bass (50%) | Ian Peres - Keys

PRESS & QUOTES

LYRICS

There’s she sits

With the keys to the city hung round her neck

Ah, oh,

So simmer down the people of the town

I don’t have a dog in the fight

Each day arrives then fades

Now you’re face to face with the future

You can be sure and still be wrong

But this time your heart is on the line

When it all comes at once

And too much just ain’t enough

The flame is lit

But the light it gives don’t hold much heat

And so, my mind ain’t made up baby

Don’t come drawing down on me

I, I, I don’t have a dog in the fight

Oh my god I can’t believe it

Now the fires started burning

Are you gunna do something about it?

Yes, are you gunna do something about it?

Each day arrives then fades

Now we’re face to face with the future

You can be sure and still be wrong

But this time your heart is on the line

Yes this time your heart is on the line

Time is moving on, time is moving on

And too much just ain’t enough