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Berkeley Social Scene - Atop the Sutro Tower

from SpinTunes 21 Round 1 by Spintunes

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In the future, San Francisco has Robots living with people. The protagonist dreams of the futuropia of Robots and the colorful tolerant people of San Francisco getting along in harmony. He climbs atop Sutro Tower (what used to be the highest structure in San Francisco, but still has a better view than the Salesforce building). Noe and Ford are 2 streets in the Castro. The Noc Noc is a pub in the lower Haight.

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Got a place on Noe and Ford
in the fabulous Castro district
colorful people and automatons
in the neighborhood, you can't resist it

The mechanoids just need to plugin
They don’t mind the smaller “living” space
Just like the clones they reboot alone
They’re so clean and devoid of nearly any waste

I climb atop the Sutro Tower
(You don’t know if you’ll get caught)
Imagining what the future is down there
( rainbows and robots)

A working class of Benders and R2s
Are residing only two doors down
They keep us safe and fix everything
Life is better since they came around

Enjoyed the view from Sutro Tower
(Rainbows and Robots)
I watched fruition of that future down there
(Rainbows and Robots)

I spy a market with some fruit so ripe!
(mangos and kumquats)
I plan my life for the city tonight
( Tacos and the Noc Noc)

Optimis and some leather boys
Share a painted lady on a tiny lot
All the droids never get annoyed
With all the drama that the town has got

Tolerance and Technology
(rainbows and robots)
Happy People living with machines
(rainbows and robots)

Atop the tower, I dream these things
(rainbows and Robots)
Why did we fear a robot uprising?
(don’t know, forgot)

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from SpinTunes 21 Round 1, released September 5, 2023

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