Summer (The First Time)

[Birchy]

Probably no real answer, but why does an American song about an American boy seeing 'the sun rise as a man' etc. use the word 'pavement' instead of 'sidewalk'? 'the pavement was steaming' is the line......???

[Cathy]

I think (and I could be horrendously wrong) that they call the road a pavement.

[Birchy]

Lawdy, Miss Clawdy......I dread to think of what answers I'd have received if I'd tried the GuessBank! Thanks all. Like I said....there's probably no real answer....

[xyzzyplugh]

Real answer; (married to an American); The road is called the pavement! Just like they call crisps, chips [and a toilet is a restroom] well, I thought a bedroom was a restroom. No wonder she spends so long in there, sleeping!