"Bricks And Mortar" lyrics

"Bricks And Mortar"

Bricks and mortar, reflecting social change
Cracks in the pavement, reveal cravings for success
Why do we try to hide our past
By pulling down houses and build car parks
Windows and mirrors like a two-way glass
This is progress, nothing stands in its path

Yellow bulldozers, the donkey jackets and J.C.B.s
While hundreds are homeless they're constructing a parking space

Why do they have to knock them down
And leave the site dormant for months on end?
Who has the right to make that choice?
A man whose house has cost forty grand

Tell me!

Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar
Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar
Knock 'em down!


Writer(s): Paul John Weller
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