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This is a remake of a song I submitted earlier as a basic accousitc number. It was originall written and recorded in just a couple of hours. I decided I really wanted to do more with the tune, so I went back and gave it the full treatment.
I re-recorded everything from scratch. Sped the tempo up a bit. Added percussion, which are the only loops used, guitar, bass, some keyboard. more elaborate vocals and, for the first time, I play the accordion.
The story behind the song, 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.
This song is dedicated to my friends Cinnamon and Chris, both who share the same feelings about this issue and about preserving history. They've also been good enough to preview this and other songs for me.
I re-recorded everything from scratch. Sped the tempo up a bit. Added percussion, which are the only loops used, guitar, bass, some keyboard. more elaborate vocals and, for the first time, I play the accordion.
The story behind the song, 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.
This song is dedicated to my friends Cinnamon and Chris, both who share the same feelings about this issue and about preserving history. They've also been good enough to preview this and other songs for me.
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Lyrics
Brick by Brick
Just 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 //C
the past slowly fades away //C//Am
Brick by Brick //C
until only memories remain //C//Am
Brick by Brick //C
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
Just 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 //C
the past slowly fades away //C//Am
Brick by Brick //C
until only memories remain //C//Am
Brick by Brick //C
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
Vic Holman
you made the accordian hip again! great song, production, vocals, i did
not hear your original but this definately caught my ears.
Vic