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Cracks in the Sidewalk
by Cavedwellers significantly using 5/8

Spoiler

Intro in ⅝
|Dm add 9| (x4)
| Am | (x4)
| E | (x4)
| C#m13 | (x4)
|Dm add 9| (x4)
| Am | (x4)
| E | (x4)
| C#m13 | (x4)

Chorus in ⅞
| E E E/G# E | A A B B | (x4 )

Verse in 4/4
| C#m | C#m | A, Asus2 | A sus2| E | E | G | Fmaj7 | (x2)

Pre-Chorus in 5/8
|Dm add 9| (x2)
| Am | (x2)
| E | (x2)
| C#m13 | (x2)
|Dm add 9| (x2)
| Am | (x2)
| E | (x2)
| C#m13 | (x2)

Chorus in 7/8
Verse in 4/4
Pre-Chorus in ⅝
Chorus in ⅞
Break it Down in ⅝
Double Chorus in 7/8

Chorus One
There’s a Crack in the Sidewalk
Busted from the root of a tree
Opportunity may knock
The roots of which may never break free

Verse One
If you find yourself at Blakes
Drinking some spirits, flirting with ghosts
You can fall asleep assured
They don’t want to hear it, the whispers you boast

Pre-Chorus One
You never left, you just hit the road
Don’t hold your breath, and softly explode

Chorus Two

Verse Two
She was blinded by your wit
Thinking you meant it, skirting the tropes
It became no more absurd
than meaningful thinking depending on hope

Pre-Chorus Two
She always knew, she just cracked your code
Time left a clue, the pavement took note

Chorus Three
There’s a Crack in the Sidewalk
Busted from the root of a tree
Opportunity may knock
The roots of which may never break free

Chorus Four
All this Bay/LA Bar talk
Replicating endlessly
All these cracks in the sidewalk
May trip me up eventually

Cracks in the Sidewalk
by glennny

Intro in 4/4

Verse One in 5/8
You’ve said everything you wanted to say
The question is now what you’ll do
I know what you think, you’ve made it quite clear
Can you stick to your guns and follow through?

Pre-Chorus One in 11/8
Part of you and part of me
Damaged beyond reckoning
(you) Can’t believe all that you see
Honest got editing

Chorus in 4/4
You freeze me out
Then we heat up again
We’re a sidewalk full of cracks
Are we lovers or friends?

Verse Two in 5/8
I’d do anything to make it all right
Intensions were always true blue
Here we go again, with the greatest hits
Are we stuck in a crazy doom loop?

Pre-Chorus Two in 11/8
We gotta live and gotta give
listen to what I mean
Never mind the expletives
cycles become maddening

Chorus in 4/4
You freeze me out
Then we heat up again
We’re a sidewalk full of cracks
Are we lovers or friends?

Bridge in 9/8
Please dear remember
I’m trying my best
Expansion, contraction
Am I passing this test?

Solo in ⅝ then in 11/8

Double Chorus in 4/4
You freeze me out
Then we heat up again
We’re a sidewalk full of cracks
Are we lovers or friends?

Cracks in the Sidewalk by Le Tits Now

(verses in 5/8, outro in 15/8)

Cracks in the sidewalk
Weren't here last year
Building a brave new world
That don't care
If you hold on
Or you let go
Another 100
Broken windows

Cracks in the pavement
tell-tale signs
deterioration
Will my mind
Last longer than my body
Left behind
Don't be sorry
When it's my time

Cracks in the sidewalk
Where flowers start to bloom
Bear that in mind
If hope is important to you
My heart's so heavy
But there's no-one left around
To weigh it

Cracks in the sidewalk - Carlo Bruno Jr.

Comfort in lonely strides
As plain truth becomes so real
My smallness laid bare
No special touch, I feel

I know this pain
I can't explain

Night's dark cloak I seek
My broken state, no one must see
A fear starts to grow
Like these endless lonely walks

I know this pain
I can't explain
Giant stain
Resistant to rain

My dog has lost desire
To walk by my side again
Because he's tired of this
Gloomy, sad, and slow pace

I know this pain
Giant stain

Time of damage control
Walks are fine, but not like a lost soul

I'll give daytime a chance
They'll see me and don't mind

Time to take control
And make myself feel whole

At the end of the day
Mess is what we want it to be

You will want to join me
And the two of us, barefoot, will find joy
Even from the cracks in the sidewalk.

Whole song is in 5/8; this was tough.

V1

I'm alive in gaps
Squares filled with cement
Hope won't prevent
Entropic collapse

CH

Cracks in the sidewalk
Backs break on my block
Can't fix with white chalk
Cracks in the side

V2

A finger of green
Stabs up from the ground
Accuse with no sound
Escape barely seen

CH

Cracks in the sidewalk
Backs break on my block
Can't fix with white chalk
Cracks in the sidewalk


BR

Take back the earth tiny patches of dirt at a time
something bad is bubbling
blow it all to smithereens

I'm scared what I'll be
When all these acres of gray
Turn green
Turn green
Turn green

Cracks In The Sidewalk
by Brown Word and the Big Whine

Spoiler

Not at all familiar with 5/8. It's in the verse, first bridge, and coda. Fun fact, some sounds at beginning and ending are space noises.

The cracks in the sidewalk
hold the secrets to eventuality

It's an uphill battle
the passage of time
a symptom of encroaching entropy

Everywhere the enemy of life
tugs on the cell walls
and the lines on your face

All around we fight the influence
of the cold grip of outer space

I'm just counting sidewalk cracks
in between certain death and taxes
I could go anywhere on the globe
but I got busted concrete on m y frontal lobe
thinking 'bout that slip of green
coming up from in between
When everybody knows this is pointless
on nothing but hope one persists

The cracks in the sidewalk
your momma's back
confronted early by a seemingly cruel god

Superstitious will
got him dying on an egotistical hill
world tilts on a foot fall

Of all the colors of universe
they tend to paint his face whitest
Ponder that for infinite jest
Come on back when it makes no sense

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
Think of the rivers of blood
spilled by all those generals and emperors
so that in glory and triumph
they could become the momentary masters
of a fraction of a dot."

I'm just counting sidewalk cracks
In between certain death and taxes
I could go anywhere on the globe
but I got busted concrete on my frontal lobe
thinking 'bout that slip of green
coming up from in between
When everybody knows this is pointless
on nothing but hope this one persists

"The pale blue dot
Cherish the pale blue dot
The pale blue dot

There is no hint that help will
come from elsewhere to save us
from ourselves."

Cracks in the Sidewalk
Micah Sommersmith

Spoiler

The whole song is in 5/8; the stress pattern alternates between 3+2 and 2+3.

Baby it's summer
Life is good
Riding our bikes through
The neighborhood

Covering the front lawn
With army men
Staying up after
9 pm

Macaroni necklaces
Secret messages in chalk
Popsicles for breakfast and
Jumping over cracks in the sidewalk

The Friends" Cracks in the Sidewalk"

Living here a long time
Traveled round and figured what’s mine
Walking down the same block,
With cracks down in the sidewalk
Don’t try to know every line

ooo would you believe I'm still here
these tracks where we once pioneered

The fear of dying slowly
Eventually we’ll all leave
Wonderin’ what you would say
The wrinkles tell on my face
You can’t try to know every line

ooo tearing away every skin
doens't quite let you begin

I used to peer out to the rest of my life
pleading to make me feel better
now I lay wide eyed deep in the night
wondering if this is forever
oh, I would have soared so high
Oh, I like a leaf through the sky
but would I be any different now

I've lived a good life, I'm sure I have,
But the road's been long, and my spirit's worn out
Repetition, god knows it’s killing me
Every day’s the same, I gotta break free

All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk
All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk

We just wanted a house we could call our own
I went to work while you stayed home alone
The last twenty years weren’t all that tough
If I stay five more I’ll get a gold watch

All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk
All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk

All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk
All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk
All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk
All I see are
Cracks in the sidewalk

Verse 1
Footsteps
Hammer at the pavement
Testing every seam
Questioning every
reason
long forgotten
give way to
the needle of time

we've outgrown our path
we've outgrown our ways

Chorus
just give this seed a little longer
soon it'll break through, soon it'll show you
what it takes
everyday a little stronger
pushing on through
heralding the new

Verse 2
cracks in the sidewalk
bugs in the system
deficiencies
masquerading as wisdom
old infrastructure
decays in the light
new ones emerge
usurping their right

Chorus

Bridge
we've outgrown our path
we've outgrown our ways
we've outgrown our path
we've outgrown our ways
we've outgrown our path
we've outgrown our ways

Chorus
just give this seed a little longer
soon it'll break through, soon it'll show you
what it takes
everyday a little stronger
pushing on through
heralding the new

they're coming for you

Cracks in the Sidewalk
Berkeley Social Scene

Glenn - Guitar
Ken - Guitar
Martin - Bass
Geech - Drums, Vocals, Lead Guitar and production

Rumbles you hear
May still sound so feint
The smell of the smoke
May still be restrained

Everyone goes
About their own way
Nothing to see
Still nothing to say

But you know
Something’s wrong

The cracks in the sidewalk are the first signs you should get away

Can you make out
The sound of the roar
The louder it gets
The closer to war

It darkens the sky
And tramples the ground
No one is safe
When it comes to town

Got to get out
While the getting’s still good

The cracks in the sidewalk are the first signs you should get away
The cracks in the sidewalk are telling you to leave today

You don’t wanna see
Trouble with a capital T
The hour is close at hand
Judgement day for all of man

Destruction and death
Are coming for you
You know it’s time
And what to do

The cracks in the sidewalk are the first signs you should get away
The cracks in the sidewalk are telling you to leave today
The cracks in the sidewalk are the warnings you should get away
The cracks in the sidewalk say Godzilla’s coming this way

Cracks In The Sidewalk
by Max Bombast

I've been living in my iPod
When I'm outside I just wanna walk
If I got my hood up don't interrupt
We ain't gonna talk
Because I keep my head down
When I'm on the town you won't see my eyes
There's nothing you can sell me or can tell me
So go step aside

I don't trust that anyone's has got my back
And I don't front
You all failed the test to me
Everyone, if I am being blunt
I don't wanna know you only disappoint
Eye contact?
hunh.
More like: I avoid

Cracks in the sidewalk
Crumbs on the ground
Something to look at
Instead of around
I keep my head down

I be waking up in hell
I did it to myself all because I tried
To carve a sigil
Hold a vigil for the ones that died
Now when I look outside I see a world that I don't recognize
So if I look away I hope someday that you could empathize

Cracks in the sidewalk
Crumbs on the ground
Something to look at
Instead of around
I keep my head down