{"id":88,"date":"2016-10-05T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/a-teardrop-in-the-tees\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T04:30:00","slug":"a-teardrop-in-the-tees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/a-teardrop-in-the-tees\/","title":{"rendered":"A Teardrop in the Tees"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nA TEAR DROP IN THE TEES<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry \/ Middlesbrough 76 \/ 78 \/ 81<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nLittle Cleveland Kathy grew up in the slums    <\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe rain leaked through the roof<\/span><\/div>\n
\nand the paint flaked off the walls.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAt night, in bed, in winter<\/span><\/div>\n
\nher feet grew cold and numb<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn a house that wasn’t weather-proof<\/span><\/div>\n
\nshe’d shiver till morning come.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nKathy’s parents quarreled, all the time they could,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlways short on money<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlways flush for tears.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHer mother claimed her father was a lazy ne’re do good<\/span><\/div>\n
\ncos he could never find employment<\/span><\/div>\n
\nand drank his dole down in the pub.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nChorus.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd Kathy’s voice was lost<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nlike a teardrop in the Tees<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nLike wood that can’t be seen for trees <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nA teardrop in the Tees.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\nKathy she resided, in a home divided<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLike muck that clogs the kitchen sink<\/span><\/div>\n
\nshe was always in the way.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nNever knowing where to turn<\/span><\/div>\n
\nto clear confusion from her head.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn the land of \u2018do-without<\/i>\u2019, with tears she wet her bed.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nKathy took a walk down by  <\/span><\/div>\n
\nwhere the Tees flows deep and wide.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFeeling quite at home amongst<\/span><\/div>\n
\nthe rust and the bitter waves.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nShe saw the beaten path between <\/span><\/div>\n
\nthe dole and the factory yard.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nShe felt just like the can she kicked<\/span><\/div>\n

crushed and beaten on all sides.<\/span>
\n
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\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\nFeatured on my album Songs from the Coventry Underground,<\/i> Gnome Label, 2007<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
\n
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\nFirst version of A Teardrop in the Tees – solo<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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A Teardrop in the Tees 1981 by Trev Teasdel<\/a> from Trev Teasdel<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Second version with Ann Wainwright on flute and backing vocals and Colin Walker on Violin and arrangement.<\/span>
\n
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\nA Teardrop in the Tees 1982 by Trev Teasdel<\/a> from Trev Teasdel<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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