Tar and Cement (Stereo Single Edit)-Verdelle Smith

[ti:Tar and Cement (Stereo Single Edit)] [ar:Verdelle Smith] [al:Soul Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Tar and Cement (Stereo Single Edit) - Verdelle Smith [00:01.70] [00:02.26]The town I came from [00:03.82] [00:04.85]Was quiet and small [00:07.02] [00:07.94]We played in the meadows [00:09.41] [00:09.95]Where the grass grew so tall [00:13.09] [00:13.88]In summer the lilacs [00:15.61] [00:16.58]Would grow everywhere [00:18.77] [00:19.72]The laughter of children [00:21.24] [00:21.97]Would float in the air [00:24.56] [00:28.25]As I grew older [00:29.76] [00:30.31]I had to roam [00:31.71] [00:32.27]Far from my family [00:33.63] [00:34.17]Far from my home [00:35.75] [00:36.31]Into the city [00:37.69] [00:38.19]Where lives can be spent [00:39.78] [00:40.38]Lost in the shadows [00:42.18]Of tar and cement [00:43.91] [00:44.46]And everynight I'd sit alone and learn [00:50.31]What loneliness meant [00:55.97] [00:56.96]Up in my rented room above the world [01:02.19] [01:02.70]Of tar and cement [01:08.23] [01:09.49]Each day I'd wake up [01:10.76] [01:11.66]Look at the sky [01:12.98] [01:13.53]Think of the meadows [01:15.35]Where I used to lie [01:17.54]Then I'd remember [01:18.98] [01:19.57]All of that's gone [01:21.14] [01:21.68]You're in the city [01:23.14] [01:23.66]You better push on [01:25.19] [01:25.71]Get what you came for [01:27.70]Before it's too late [01:29.21] [01:29.77]Get what you came for [01:31.81]The meadows can wait [01:33.73]So everynight I'd sit alone and learn [01:39.52]What loneliness meant [01:45.17] [01:46.00]Up in my rented room above the world [01:51.05] [01:51.71]Of tar and cement [01:56.37] [01:58.29]Many years later [01:59.59] [02:00.16]Tired at last [02:01.66] [02:02.19]I headed for home [02:03.94]To look for my past [02:06.11]I looked for the meadows [02:08.06]There wasn't a trace [02:10.25]Six lanes of highway [02:12.21]Had taken their place [02:14.22]Where were the lilacs [02:16.07]And all that they meant [02:17.79] [02:18.37]Nothin' but acres [02:20.36]Tar and cement [02:22.37]Yet I can see it there so clearly now [02:28.50]Where has it gone [02:33.71] [02:34.42]Yes [02:35.14]I can see it there so clearly now [02:40.68] [02:41.37]Where has it gone [02:46.76] [02:47.37]Where are the meadows [02:48.95] [02:51.22]Where are the lilacs [02:52.96] [02:54.94]And where is the tall grass [02:57.02] [02:58.93]The laughter of children [03:00.97] [03:03.20]Nothin' but acres [03:04.83] [03:07.12]Acres and acres