The town I came from was quiet and smallWe played in the meadows where the grass grew so tallAs I grew older I had to roam far from my family, far from my homeInto the city where lives can be spentLost in the shadows of tar and cementAnd every night I'd sit alone and learnWhat loneliness meantUp in my rented room above a world of tar and cementEach day I'd wake up, look at the skyThink of the meadows where I used to lieThen I'd remember all of that's goneYou're in the city, better push onGet what you came for before it's too lateGet what you came for, the meadows can waitSo every night I'd sit alone and learnWhat loneliness meantUp in my rented room above a world of tar and cementMany years later, tired at lastI headed for home to look for my pastLooked for the meadows, there wasn't a traceSix lanes of highway had taken their placeWhere were the meadows and all that they meant?Nothing but acres of tar and cementYet I can see it there so clearly nowWhere has it gone?Yes, I can see it there so clearly nowWhere has it gone?Where are the meadows?Tar and cement!Where is the tall grass?Tar and cement!Acres and acres!Tar and cement!Acres and acres!Tar and cement!Acres and acres!Tar and cement!