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“A Man, A City” is a song that the 1969 band played live for the first time in Fillmore East. The track itself borrows a section from another King Crimson song called “Trees” The song was later built upon with more sections and renamed to “42nd At Treadmill” until it sounded good enough to be perfor...
[Speculated Lyrics by comparing the Fillmore East & West performances]
[Verse 1]
Concrete cold face cased in steel
Blind sign stick race, taste and peel
Dream slot time cost, pasteboard smile
Lost soul, lost trace, waste ya' while
[Verse 2]
Glass eyed sharp cut, colour bomb
Greased hand teeth hide, shuffle low
Scream wheel light beam, neon spell
Lost soul, lost trace, lost in hell
[Verse 3]
Concrete cold face cased in steel
Blind sign stick race, taste and peel
Dream slot time cost, pasteboard smile
Lost soul, lost trace, waste ya' while
A Man, A City (Live, Fillmore West, Dec. 15, 1969) was written by Peter Sinfield & Michael Giles & Greg Lake & Ian McDonald & Robert Fripp.
A Man, A City (Live, Fillmore West, Dec. 15, 1969) was produced by Robert Fripp & David Singleton.