There Goes The Neighborhood

One by one and two by two

They're pullin' up every single root

In this town

To tear shit down

Oh, but what's wrong with a little chip in the paint?

Who cares if the beams ain't straight?

Y'all

Better watch your back for a wreckin' ball

Gone forever in a day

Subdivide, give it a name

Shady acres ain't got no trees

No one cares long as it's cheap

Pave the past for a little bit of money

But you can't get back what you knock down, honey

Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood

Hey, there goes the neighborhood

Mm, so much for posterity

They're haulin' off history

Like it don't mean nothin'

Mm, for a dime a dozen

Built from scratch in '35

But cash is king when grandpa died

So you sell the farm

Stick a sign out in the yard

Gone forever in a day

Subdivide, give it a name

Shady acres ain't got no trees

No one cares long as it's cheap

Pave the past for a little bit of money

But you can't get back what you knock down, honey

Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood

Hey, there goes the neighborhood

Well, it's a crime and it's a shame

What we trade in the name

Of progress, I guess

We never know when we've got it good

Gone forever in a day

Subdivide, give it a name

Shady acres ain't got no trees

No one cares long as it's cheap

Pave the past for a little bit of money

But you can't get back what you knock down, honey

Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood

Hey, there goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood

Shady acres won't be the same

Mm, you tear shit down