Vine City

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a rotary phone dials and rings, click by click; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the dial and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Vine City green where the leaders lived,
the westside ground that had so much to give;
dial the rotary, hear the click and ring,
Vine City humming where the church bells sing.

[Chorus]
Vine City, Vine City, dial and ring,
heard it through the grapevine, the news they bring;
click, click, click, let the message fly,
the historic westside under the open sky.

[Verse 2]
The Dream lived here on a quiet street,
where the movement gathered and the hearts would meet;
every ring a word down the grapevine line,
Vine City keeping the faith in time.

[Chorus]
Vine City, Vine City, dial and ring,
heard it through the grapevine, the news they bring;
click, click, click, let the message fly,
the historic westside under the open sky.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the rotary phone rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]