The Kudzu and the Concrete-Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires

[ti:The Kudzu and the Concrete] [ar:Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires] [al:Dereconstructed] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Kudzu and the Concrete - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires [00:50.93]We were like to drown [00:52.71]In the odour of honeysuckle [00:54.49] [00:55.36]And old Lincolns running rich [00:57.08]On Oporto-Madrid [00:59.48] [01:02.25]The pecans that would dot [01:04.12]The little yard our great-granddaddy cleared [01:07.18]The old ragged men that would stop [01:09.34]Slinging slurred words over the fence [01:11.43] [01:14.26]With a smiling nod Granddaddy'd [01:16.15]Pick us up and tote us inside [01:18.34] [01:19.28]He'd say "Big buddy [01:21.29]Any good man can fall on mighty bad times " [01:24.47] [01:26.63]There's a thing about [01:28.50]All these freight trains' trumpeting sounds [01:31.48]That makes hearts like ours [01:33.35]Hum like struck steel [01:35.35] [01:38.11]There's a thing about [01:39.90]Being wild and green in this careful [01:42.16]Rusted town [01:43.39]That makes the dark heavy air [01:45.38]Sit sickly still [01:47.33] [01:50.23]Most times [01:50.91]Hopping on here takes you to Elmwood Cemetery [01:54.39] [01:55.28]And I forget which time of day [01:57.08]It'll take you straight to Memphis [01:59.02]Tennessee [02:00.73]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:02.58] [02:03.67]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:06.11] [02:06.99]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:08.87]I was born at the feet of the city [02:11.18]City city [02:12.20] [02:12.88]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:14.58] [02:15.70]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:17.33] [02:18.75]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:20.94]We learned to love at the feet of the city [02:23.24]City city city [02:24.49] [02:26.96]You can talk about it: [02:28.24] [02:29.12]Repentance and forgiveness [02:31.23] [02:32.01]And loving your neighbor as yourself [02:36.36] [02:38.02]But what the hell does that mean [02:40.30]When all your neighbors look the same [02:42.59]And think the same [02:44.02]Or else live a couple miles [02:45.67]Down the rural route [02:48.33]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:50.28] [02:51.67]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:53.24] [02:54.55]In the kudzu and the concrete [02:56.32]We learned to run at the feet of the city [02:58.74]City city [02:59.71] [03:00.46]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:02.12] [03:03.31]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:05.13] [03:06.30]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:08.45]We learned to love at the feet of the city [03:10.76]City city [03:12.06]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:13.76] [03:15.64]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:17.43] [03:18.89]In the kudzu and the concrete [03:20.70]I was born at the feet of the city [03:22.73]City city [03:23.65]City city city city city [03:26.46]City city city city city