Tar And Cement:Verdelle Smith.
#38 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL
Records in 1966.
INTRO: G A
#1.
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The town I came from was quiet and small..
we played in the meadows where the grass
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grew so tall.
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In summer the lilacs would grow everywhere..
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the laughter of children would float in the air.
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As I grew older I had to roam..far from my family,
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far from my home.
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Into the city, where lives can be spent..lost in
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the shadows of tar and cement.
CHORUS:
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And every night I'd sit alone and learn what
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loneliness meant..up in my rented room above the
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world of tar and cement.
#2.
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Each day I'd wake up and look at the sky..think of
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the meadows where I used to lie.
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Then I'd remember all of that's gone..you're in the city,
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you better push on.
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Get what you came for, before it's too late..get what
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you came for, the meadows can wait.
CHORUS:
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And every night I'd sit alone and learn what
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loneliness meant..up in my rented room above the
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world of tar and cement.
#3.
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Many years later, tired at last, I headed for home to
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look for my past.
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I looked for the meadows, there wasn't a trace..six lanes
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of highway had taken their place.
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Where were the lilacs and all that they meant..nothing but
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acres of tar and cement.
BRIDGE:
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Yet, I can see it there so clearly, now..where has it gone?
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Yes, I can see it there so clearly, now, where has it gone?
OUTRO:
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Where are the meadows? (tar and cement)
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where are the lilacs? (tar and cement)
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And where is the tall grass? (tar and cement)
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The laughter of children? (tar and cement)
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Nothing but acres (tar and cement)..acres and acres..
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(tar and cement) (Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
