"There Goes The Neighborhood" lyrics

One by one and two by two
They're pulling up every single root
In this town
To tear shit down
Oh, but what's wrong with a little chipping paint
Who cares if the beams ain't straight
Y'all
Better watch your back for a wrecking 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 dumptrucks full of bricks and wood
Hey, there goes the neighborhood

So much for posterity
They're hauling off history
Like it don't mean nothing
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 dumptrucks 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 dumptrucks full of bricks and wood
Hey, there goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood
Shady acres won't be the same
You tear shit down