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BOMBAY was written over a long time. I started it while living in London over 2 years ago and I finally had the time to really put in the work once back home in NZ. I love the blend of reggae skanks, 808 bass lines and grungy guitar tones. Melancholy summer vibes was the goal and by gosh it captures exactly how I felt during the summer of 2020. This one is a road trip bop - take me outta the city!

Fun fact the lyric “If you take me out the city, baby I’ll give you that ice-cream” comes across sexually but it isn’t meant to. So, after you leave Auckland and get over the Bombay hills there’s a dairy that sells 10 scoop ice-creams and one of my best friends (and ex-girlfriend) always went there to devour the biggest ice-cream ever witnessed - it’s a really beautiful memory of sharing time with her and is also why I have incorporated Japanese text on the album art.

lyrics

Take me to see the sea
Dead horizons closing in on me

Someone take me away
Down south over the Bombay’s
Someone take me away
(Someone take me away)
Down south over the Bombay’s
(Down south over the Bombay’s)

I read the history books they all repeat so
Pack up your rolodex and let’s go see them people

So long
Take me out the city
When I’m back imma slow down
Hold on
Pink and yellow sunsets
Gotta keep it mellow
So long
Take me out the city
When I’m back imma slow down
Hold on
She’s closing in on me

Someone take me away
(Someone take me away)
Down south over the Bombay’s
(Down south over the Bombay’s)
Someone take me away
(Someone take me away)
Down south over the Bombay’s

Oh leave it out
(Oh leave it out, oh leave it out)
All my adrenaline is pushed to the limit
I scream and shout
(I scream and shout, I scream and shout)
All my adrenaline is pushed to the limit

Hey little boy, hey what ya seen?
Yeah yeah
Ya came to the city, head full of them dreams
Yeah yeah
All these distances are further than they seem
If you take me out the city baby I’ll give that ice-cream


So long
Take me out the city
When I’m back imma slow down
Hold on
She’s closing in on me

Someone take me away
Down south over the Bombay’s

Someone take me away
(Someone take me away)
Down south over the Bombay’s
(Down south over the Bombay’s)
Someone take me away
(Someone take me away)
Down south over the Bombay’s
(Down south over the Bombay’s)
Someone take me away

credits

from CASH MACHINE / BOY / BOMBAY, released October 1, 2021
Written, recorded, produced by Paul The Kid
Mixed by Oman and Paul The Kid
Mastered by Chris Chetland @ Kog Studios

Special thanks to Kallum

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