SPLIT CROW ROAD (Robert J. Purvis)


I moved out of Split Crow Road about a year ago

No, I didn't want to leave

No, I didn't want to go

Said this part of town's condemned, we're going to pull it down

Broke my heart to see it crumble

Stone by stone into the ground


CHORUS:

I didn't think I'd cry when it came down

But how wrong can you be?

Oh, how wrong can you be?

Oh, something just let go

Tears filled my eyes

It meant so much to me

It meant so much to me


Remember all the people saying it just can't be done

We have laws that will prevent you

We are standing firm as one

I wonder where they all get now and if they still recall

All the good years spent together

All for one and one for all


[repeat CHORUS]


Now there's just a memory of a once forgotten place

Where I played when I was smaller

Where the bus was never late

It's all been changed around and apple trees don't grow there now

Flashing memories of a lifetime

Compensating with a frown


[repeat CHORUS]


Split Crow Road

La, la la la la la la la la la

La, la la la la la la la la la

La, la la la la la la la la, la.


©1975 Ganga Publishing B.V.

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan