Story Behind The Song

Kurt Mariels Lyrics

Song Description

The Song says it all.

Lyrics

Summersaults on Cement

Lyrics By: Kurt Mariels Music By: Cameron James
Copyright © 1988 (503)-259-0552

Verse 1
The young one asked me about life
And I said ?I don?t want to make you cry?
Ya see I knew I couldn?t tell a lie
To some one so young and innocent and full of life
I told him ?The world is full of strife
Young one the world is constant strain
And all the time you work?
He looked my way not believing a word

Looked my way not seeing
And I knew he didn?t understand
And I said ?I?m not trying to scare you
Well I?m just trying to aware you
To the realities of life?
I patted his knee and I smiled real big
I looked his way and then I said
?Listen close this is the truth kid?

Pre-Chorus
Well it?s a tough hard rock road
Getting? through life on your own
Well it?s a hard gravelly rocky road
It?s tough and it?s tense

Chorus
And no matter what your intent
Life is summersaults on cement
And no matter what your intent
Life is summersaults on cement

Verse 2
It?s a pain and it?s a strain
Livin? life in the slow or fast lane
You get rumbled and roughed
Even if you are tough
You get beaten and cheated
And continually weakened
No life isn?t light and it?s never polite

Well life is a struggle
To keep up with the hustle
You must make a strong stand
Against continual demands
It?s like having no hands
Given no way to command
Your clime to the top of the tree of life

Bridge
Life is like getting lost in the woods
You don?t know where to run
Life is like being all mixed up
And life is seldom fun

And the worst and the baddest
About everything is life
Is turning into memory
And one day all will die

Pre-Chorus
And as you grow older it will keep getting bolder
The population will increase people won?t be able to eat
The whole damn world will smell of cement
And it will be impossible to be content

Chorus
And then as now no matter what your intent
Life will be summersaults on cement
And then as now no matter what your intent
Life will be summersaults on cement

Verse 3
I can?t handle the way I feel today
I can?t handle living in a world of decay
Everyday it gets a little bit stronger
And everyday it last a little bit longer
Everyday the buildings get higher
And everyday I get a little more tired
Of dealing with the death of life

Verse 4
The young one said
?It sounds like you?re depressed?
And I said ?No, I just notice the neglect
And I really feel sorry for you
Because one day you?ll have to deal with it too?

He gave me the strangest look
With his head cocked to the side
I gave another smile
And I made a heavy sigh
I?m not trying to scare you out of liking life
But our progress is a curse
And it will keep on getting worse

And I don?t know if the people can ever learn
To love each other and all life
But keep your head up high and endure it with a smile
No matter what may happen upon your way
Please remember what I?ve said today
And as you remember me pass it on and let another see

That someone knew that things were wrong
And they told the world in a song
And the people who heard they felt the strain
And they began to pass down their pain
They gave it to the future so the world could change
So the power of life could kill the pain
So the children of another day
Could make this world a better place

Pre-Chorus
But it?s a tough hard rock road
Getting? through life on your own
Well it?s a hard gravelly rocky road
It?s tough and it?s tense

Chorus
And no matter what your intent
Life is summersaults on cement
And no matter what your intent
Life is summersaults on cement

Pre-Chorus
And as you grow older it will keep getting bolder
The population will increase people won?t be able to eat
The whole damn world will smell of cement
And it will be impossible to be content

Chorus
And then as now no matter what your intent
Life will be summersaults on cement
And then as now no matter what your intent
Life will be summersaults on cement

Verse 3 reprise
I can?t handle the way I feel today
I can?t handle living in a world of decay
Everyday it gets a little bit stronger
And everyday it last a little bit longer
Everyday the buildings get higher
And everyday I get a little more tired
Of dealing with the death of life