The Pretenders

Break Up The Concrete

The Pretenders


There was a red brick road where I grew up on 
And a pretty stone wall round a fragrant lawn 
Fish in the pond that sparkled in the dawn 
But it ain't no more it's all gone gone gone 

Whoa! 
Ram it! Cram it! Grand Slam it! 
Break up the concrete, Break up the concrete 
Prod it! Sod it! Metal Rod it! 
Break up the concrete, 
Thwak it! Crack it! Lineback it! 
Break up the concrete, 
Shake it! Bake it! Earthquake it! 
Break up the concrete 

And the depot over there right next to the tracks 
That the slaves put down, while breaking their backs 
But those texas* zoo no would ever get into a carriage 
Or anything that might lead to an interracial marriage 
(*the uppermost deck of an inland or western river steamer) 

Whoa! 
Ram it! Cram it! Grand Slam it!! 
Break up the concrete 
Prod it! Sod it! Metal Rod it! 
Break up the concrete 
Thwak it! Crack it! Lineback it! 
Break up the concrete 
Shake it! Bake it! Earthquake it! 
Break up the concrete 

Now don't tell me its progress cause that's just a lie 
And don't even try to come with an excuse why! 
We we're so busy worrying about them dropping the bomb 
We didn't notice where our enemy was really coming from! 

Hey boys c'mon let's do it! 

Ram it! Cram it! Grand Slam it!! 
Break up the concrete, 
Prod it! Sod it! Metal Rod it! 
Break up the concrete 
Shake it! Bake it! Earthquake it! 
Break up the concrete 
Ram it! Slam it! Just cram it! 
One more time! 
Break up the concrete 
Break up the concrete 

Now he who laid it, come back here and raid it