City on the Hill by Desaparecidos (Ft. Tim Kasher)
City on the Hill by Desaparecidos (Ft. Tim Kasher)

City on the Hill

Desaparecidos & Tim Kasher * Track #3 On Payola

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City on the Hill by Desaparecidos (Ft. Tim Kasher)

Release Date
Tue Jun 23 2015
Performed by
DesaparecidosTim Kasher
Produced by
Desaparecidos & Mike Mogis
Writed by
Conor Oberst
About

The song (and its title) refer to the historic 1630 sermon
A Model of Christian Charity (City on a Hill) by Puritan leader John Winthrop.

Ronald Reagan famously made reference to Winthrop’s speech in his own speech at the 1984 Republican National Convention, and “shining city on a hill” is probably...

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City on the Hill Lyrics

All the founding fathers sowed their seeds
Into servant girls
All the godless heathens had to leave
To make a newer world
So we could live together in America
Justice is blind, man
So is love

Oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh

All the stolen melodies they played
In the hit parade
All the power spirituals, they fade
In the salad days
So we could sing together in America
The price of an anthem paid in blood

Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills
To build that shining city on the hill
There’s no guilt, regret, or shame
It just had to be this way

Oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh

If you scheme and hustle, don’t get caught
Gotta risk it all
Or hang on every number they read off
For the Powerball
We’ll all get rich together in America
Money’s indifferent
So is love

Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills
We left that broke down city on the hill
Had to relocate the past
Because we’re never going back

City on the Hill Q&A

Who wrote City on the Hill's ?

City on the Hill was written by Conor Oberst.

Who produced City on the Hill's ?

City on the Hill was produced by Desaparecidos & Mike Mogis.

When did Desaparecidos release City on the Hill?

Desaparecidos released City on the Hill on Tue Jun 23 2015.

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