Текст песни Misc Unsigned Bands - Verdelle Smith - Tar And Cement

Tar And Cement:Verdelle Smith.
#38 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL
Records in 1966.

#1.
The town I came from was quiet and small..

we played in the meadows where the grass 
grew so tall.
In summer the lilacs would grow everywhere..
the laughter of children would float in the air.
As I grew older I had to roam..far from my family, 
far from my home.
Into the city, where lives can be spent..lost in 
the shadows of tar and cement.

And every night I'd sit alone and learn what 
loneliness meant..up in my rented room above the 
world of tar and cement.

#2.
Each day I'd wake up and look at the sky..think of 
the meadows where I used to lie.
Then I'd remember all of that's gone..you're in the city, 
you better push on.
Get what you came for, before it's too late..get what 
you came for, the meadows can wait.

And every night I'd sit alone and learn what 
loneliness meant..up in my rented room above the 
world of tar and cement.

#3.
Many years later, tired at last, I headed for home to 
look for my past.
I looked for the meadows, there wasn't a trace..six lanes 
of highway had taken their place.
Where were the lilacs and all that they meant..nothing but 
acres of tar and cement.

BRIDGE:
Yet, I can see it there so clearly, now..where has it gone?
Yes, I can see it there so clearly, now, where has it gone?

Where are the meadows? (tar and cement)
where are the lilacs? (tar and cement)
And where is the tall grass? (tar and cement)
The laughter of children? (tar and cement)
Nothing but acres (tar and cement)..acres and acres..
(tar and cement) (Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.