Danny Davies - Big Town
Big Town, is a song I wrote after reading about the realities of the drug problem on the downtown eastside through a series of articles right around the time Odd Squad productions was producing it's first documentry, "Through a Blue Lens" Inspired by the idea that I could help draw attention to the issues by writing a song about it, I approached Al Arsenault at a lecture he was giving and pitched a rough demo of Big Town.The intention was to collaborate with Odd Squad to make a video presentation to show school kids etc the magnitude of the problem and hopefully scare them from ever ending up there.The song was well recieved by Odd Squad members and tentative plans were made to use the song in some capacity.

Fast forward years later and I finally professionally recorded Big Town as a song on my CD "Pedestrian World". The song ( and CD ) was produced by talented up and coming Vancouver producer/musician Tony Mariott, who amazingly captured the mood of the song with haunting, epic string, guitar and vocal production. I am proud that Odd Squad has included Big Town to be included on this project and potentially others.

As a side note, since the song was written I have "lost" a nephew and more then a few high school friends to the dark side of the drug world. Lost though still living, they have disapeared into the Big Towns (which exist in many communities and not just the downtown eastside). Hopefully through the work of Odd Squad and many others we can shine a light on the realities of this problem and save others from it's grasp.
--Danny Davies

BIG TOWN

Big Town another one lost in the Big Town another one’s down
Big high they’re all searching for that high

Big hopes swallowed in veins on the
Big streets of broken dreams
Big Town, this town has got a wound and it’s bleeding

Sisters, Brothers are going down now
They’re all living in desperation in the Big Town

East side the sun’s going down on the
East side… the lights gone first
Dark night, brings the dark side at it’s worst

Big numb, numbing all the pain all the
Big crimes… to do it again
Big Town everybody looks away

They’re living in desperation trying to gain some ground
All those meaningless celebrations…in the Big Town

And the sirens ring out; it’s a damned dark night
There’s madness in the air
Then daylight breaks on the toll it takes…look around
Take a good look around… can you hear the sound?
Of the Big Town

Big town another one down…in the
Big town, another one’s lost…in the
Big town, another one’s down in the
Big town

(C) Danny Davies 2005 Dig Divine Music

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