Doraville

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a row of doors slams shut, bang after bang; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the slamming and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
End of the gold up the northeast way,
the old GM plant where they built all day;
slam the door, hear it bang and boom,
Doraville closing up the assembly room.

[Chorus]
Doraville, Doraville, slam and bang,
the doors all closing with a metal clang;
bang, bang, bang, up the northeast line,
the global corner where the cultures shine.

[Verse 2]
Buford Highway and a hundred signs,
pho and kimchi and the taqueria lines;
every door a home on the northeast street,
Doraville closing where the whole world meets.

[Chorus]
Doraville, Doraville, slam and bang,
the doors all closing with a metal clang;
bang, bang, bang, up the northeast line,
the global corner where the cultures shine.

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