Name: Concrete Kid
Duration: P00H04M02S
Description: Recorded live in the studio. Told through the perspective of a quirky old man telling his life story.

Concrete Kid

from Victoryville by FAT OPIE

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Recorded live in the studio. Told through the perspective of a quirky old man telling his life story.

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CONCRETE KID (by Scott Mickelson)

They call me the Concrete Kid
I make my living cutting down weeds in an empty lot
I walk a dog but I don't talk on a telephone.
Have you ever been to St. Paul Minnesota
I came here in '46, never been back since.

There's nothing I haven't seen before.

I remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Own all their records but I don't own a stereo
I nail them to the wall and I read the LP cover
One day I'm going to go up fishing in the Great Lakes
When the weather feels right. Might even take a friend or two.

There's nothing I haven't seen before.

I watched Ali take them down he's still the best around
And all that boxing with your feet looks like fighting in the street.

They call me the Concrete Kid
I pour it on thick and I lay it down hard.
One day I'm going to move up to New York City
When I can sell this car—might keep the apartment

There's nothing I haven't seen before.

I watched the landing on the moon and I know that it's true
But don't believe a thing you hear when you watch the cable news
Keep you voice down low so no one else will know
I've got to get back to work sweeping up this dirt.

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from Victoryville, released February 15, 2013

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FAT OPIE San Francisco, California

Lead by singer Scott Mickelson, FAT OPIE continues to paint both musical and lyrical portraits of contemporary life as an American. Their critically acclaimed new CD “Victoryville” is their best work yet.

“It's American folk-Rock with a post punk edge, rustic but scarred.”- Alternative Press Magazine

“Thom Yorke and Jeff Tweedy had a baby and named it Mumford.”- New Times (San Luis Obispo) ... more

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