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Cement Dude

from Backstroke Raptor by The Story Pirates

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lyrics

Narrator:
Way out West, there was this... fella I wanna tell you about. He had a real name like you n’ me, a name that his lovin’ parents gave him, but… he never had much use for it himself. See this fella, well he was made of cement. And he called himself… Cement Dude.

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN
A GREAT GREAT MAN NAMED
CEMENT DUDE

Backups:
CEMENT DUDE

Narrator:
HE WAS MADE OF CEMENT
JUST IN CASE THAT WASN’T CLEAR
FROM HIS NAME, DUDE

Backups:
FROM HIS NAME DUDE

Narrator:
AND THE ONE THING YOU CAN BET
IS CEMENT DUDE’S CEMENT WAS

Backups:
WET WET WET

Narrator:
SO HE PACKED

+Backups:
FOUR OVENS, FIVE IRONS, SIX CAMPFIRES

Narrator:
AND GOT READY TO GO

+Backups:
TO THE DRY, DRY, DRY, DRY, DESERT

WHERE THE CACTUS PLANTS ARE BRITTLE
AND THE TUMBLEWEEDS BLOW

TO THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT


Cement Dude:
THAT’S WHERE I’M GONNA GO

Narrator+Backups:
THAT’S CEMENT DUDE
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDE

Narrator:
NO SWEAT HE’S BEGINNING TO HIT HIS STRIDE

Backups:
AS THE AIR GETS DRIER HE’S FILLED WITH PRIDE

Cement Dude:
I AM ON MY WAY TO GLORY

Backups:
TRUDGE, TRUDGE, TRUDGE, TRUDGE, TRUDGE

Cement Dude:
EVERY STEP MY RESOLVE GETS SOLIDIFIED

Backups:
AS HIS HEART STARTS TO HARDEN SO DOES HIS HIDE
AS HE GETS TO
AS HE GETS TO

Narrator+Backups:
TO THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT
WHERE THE BUZZARDS LIKE TO BUZZ
AND THE SCORPIONS CRAWL
TO THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT

Cement Dude:
I’M IN FOR THE LONG HAUL

Narrator+Backups:
STILL CEMENT DUDE
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE

Backups:
EVERY STEP’S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO TAKE

Narrator:
AND HIS ARMS AND HIS THIGHS ARE STARTING TO ACHE

Backups:
HE IS STARTING TO STIFFEN UP

Cement Dude:
Ow!

Backups:
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE
EVERY STEP STARTS TO STING
STARTS TO CRACK HIS SOUL

Cement Dude:
EVERY STEP IT GETS HARDER TO REACH MY GOAL
BUT I’M NOT GONNA GIVE UP NOW

Backups:
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE
TRUDGE TRUDGE
TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE TRUDGE

Cement Dude:
What’s going on?! Help!! I can’t move!

Silence.

Narrator:
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN
A GREAT GREAT MAN NAMED
CEMENT DUDE

Backups:
CEMENT DUDE

Narrator:
HE WAS MADE OF CEMENT
JUST IN CASE THAT WASN’T CLEAR
FROM HIS NAME, DUDE

Backups:
HIS NAME IS CEMENT DUDE, DUDE

Narrator:
AND THE ONE THING YOU CAN BET
AND THE ONE THING CEMENT DUDE
DIDN’T GET
MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN
WHERE’S THE ONE PLACE CEMENT DUDE
SHOULD NEVER EVER GO?

Backups:
TO THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT
WHERE THE SUN CAN BAKE A BRICK OUT OF SOFT WET CLAY
TO THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT
AND CEMENT DUDE BAKED ON THAT DRY DRY DAY

Cement Dude:
OH THE DRY DRY DRY DRY DESERT
I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON

Narrator+Backups:
IF YOU’RE MADE OF CEMENT
IN THE DESERT YOU’LL BE DISCONTENT

Cement Dude:
BECAUSE BEING HARD AS ROCK
IS REALLY QUITE DISTRESSIN’

Backups:
THAT’S CEMENT DUDE
HIS NAME IS CEMENT DUDE
STILL SINGIN’ ‘BOUT CEMENT DUDE
CEMENT DUDE

HYAH!

credits

from Backstroke Raptor, released June 14, 2019
Written by Joel Esher
Based on a story by Ilan, age 7, California
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair

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Story Pirates is a media company founded in 2004 to celebrate the words and ideas of kids. Since then, we’ve launched the #1 podcast for kids and families, a live national tour, and a critically acclaimed book series from Random House.
Our partner non-profit Story Pirates Changemakers provides life-changing literacy and creative writing programs to kids in Title I schools and homeless shelters. ... more

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