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Keywords:
History (16), destruction (15), memories (29), small towns (1), heritage (3)
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This song was written and recorded on yet another sleepless night over a period of about three hours. I consider it a rough draft which I probably won't refine, at least for a while.It's a little unusual for me because it's only accoustic guitar and vocals. The story behind it, in a broad sense, is about small towns losing their history when people stop caring. What spurred it was the announcement last week that one of our historic buildings, the TWL building in the left hand side of the photo above, had been sold and was going to be torn down and the bricks used to build houses in a near-by city for people with way more money than sense. This is one of the oldest buildings in our small town and has a rich, long history, but very few people, especially the younger generations (like myself) seem to care. As a side note, the photo above was taken almost 30 years ago and the bank building in the far right background has also been demolished and replaced with a very boring modern looking building. Lyrics:
Brick by BrickJust an empty lot On the corner by the park it’s all gone but the memories There was laughter here There were times of pain and joy But now they’ve gone and taken it away Brick by brick the past slowly fades away Brick by Brick until only memories remain Brick by Brick we tear our future down and we lose ourselves slowly brick by brick Faded photographs In a yellowed family album Show us these four walls all those years ago Try to remember when We tried to teach the meaning Of those things we kept from all our yesterdays Brick by brick the past slowly fades away Brick by Brick until only memories remain Brick by Brick we tear our future down and we lose ourselves slowly brick by brick And when the time has come where people don’t remember and history is a coversation piece We’ll wonder what was lost to hand down to our children but we sold our past slowly Brick by Brick Brick by brick the past slowly fades away Brick by Brick until only memories remain Brick by Brick we tear our future down and we lose ourselves slowly brick by brick Just an empty lot On the corner by the park Is all that’s left, save the memory Hardware:
MacBook, MXL Mic, Carlo Robelli Accoustic/ElectricSoftware:
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You must be registered and logged-in to comment. Really enjoyed this one JG. &mdash 08/09/06 - 11:50:58 AM
Really enjoyed this one JG. &mdash 08/18/06 - 04:14:55 PM
It's a good one &mdash 08/20/06 - 12:18:44 PM
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The Brick by Brick line worked metaphorically on several levels for me.
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