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Hamtramck

by Tom Alter

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This is a memory of days visiting my grandparents in Hamtramck, Michigan. I was raised in a Detroit suburb, so very different from the neighborhood my grandparents lived in. Yet, our two homes were just a dozen or so miles apart. Visits could be a culture shock but they were also a vivid illustration of the wonderful diversity evident in this country.

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Walk and walk, and
Talk and talk,
Houses not quite yards apart,
Dodge the cars on narrow streets.
No ballparks or empty lots,
I'm a stranger,
But there's no danger.

Visit from suburbia,
Dropped into this urban dream,
It's a new diversity.
In the streets with rising steam,
I feel this city claiming me.

Conversations about me,
In a language I can't understand.
From a distant country,
And yet they called you Jane,
And yet, they called you Jane.

Block to block,
Not dot to dot,
Through the alleys we would cross,
And through the wash on hanging lines.
In a world alien to me,
I could see your country,
Through your eyes.

Having gone on ahead are you waiting for me?
(Are you waiting, are you waiting, are you waiting?)

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released November 17, 2018
Words and music by Tom Alter
Performed by Tom Alter
(c) 2018 - All Rights Reserved

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Tom Alter Detroit, Michigan

Tom Alter is a singer-songwriter based in Detroit. The influences of jazz, folk, pop, and Latin genres are found in his original compositions. Tom's lyrics mix world events with the affect on his personal ideals. He has released 3 EPs and 2 albums since 2019. His work can be found on digital and streaming music platforms. He is also a member of the duo After Blue.
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