On last Fridays SUWA show - 5th Friday of the month IWW special was played Melbourne musician Terry Costellos song that uses this Verdelle Smith song tune Tar & Cement adapted for No East West Tunnel campaign. Presenters hope to upload that version soon with new lyrics. Here is the original meanwhile: youtu.be/yIDLdgeP9Bw 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 And I can see it all so clearly now Still going on Yes I can see it all so clearly now Though all love is gone [or Though all of its gone ??] As I grew older I had to roam Far from my family, far from my home Into the city, where life can be spent [or Into the city, where lives can be spent ??] Lost in the shadows of tar and cement. Into the city, where I had my eye On all the pleasures, that money can buy And every night Id sit alone and learn What loneliness meant Up in my reading room around the world [or Up in my rented room above the world ??] Of tar and cement. Each day Id wake up and look at the sky Think of the meadows where I used to lie Then Id remember all of thats gone Youre in the city, you better push on Get what you came for, before its too late Get what you came for, the meadows can wait. So every night Id sit alone and learn What loneliness meant Up in my reading room around the world [or Up in my rented room around the world ??] Of tar and cement. Many years later, tired at last I headed for home to look for my past I looked for the meadows, there wasnt 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. Yet I can see it there so clearly now Where has it gone? Yet 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)
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 02:07:27 +0000
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