
Date of issue: 16.04.2004
Song language: English
Home Improvement |
Well, you know I was a farmer when I was a younger man |
Until the fields got paved with asphalt and they took away my land |
And now the monument before us, it stands so tall and proud |
A glorious new minimall upon the earth that I once plowed |
I sold my house out in the country to rent a trailor by the mall |
It’s not so bad except the kitchen’s just a little small |
I got a job at the local hardware store, where I work till five o’clock |
But now they built another home improvement palace down the block |
What’s the sense of all this home improvement |
I liked my home the way it was before |
If this is what our town has come to stand for |
I don’t think we need improvement anymore |
I lost my job at the hardware store when the owner closed it down |
He said the rent was just too high to keep his family in this town |
He sold his house to an executive, who tore it down to build anew |
A million dollar mansion with a $ 20 view |
What’s the sense of all this home improvement |
I liked my home the way it was before |
If this is what our town has come to stand for |
I don’t think we need improvement anymore |
Someday this town will reach its goal and everyone will have |
A Mercedes in the driveway of their subdivision land |
Clear the way for progress by demolishing the past |
But we need another steakhouse like a hole in the head |
What’s the sense of all this home improvement |
I liked my home the way it was before |
If this is what our town has come to stand for |
I don’t think we need improvement anymore |