Song | The Day the City Died |
Artist | Hammers of Misfortune |
Album | 17th Street |
Seems as though the PTA has finally conquered Rome | |
They're gonna charge admission and enclose it in a dome | |
Now it's just a theme park and the rides are over-priced | |
Maybe you can run the one that used to be your life | |
TICs and refugees are scattered far and wide | |
And many tales are told about the day The City died | |
Painted ladies faint before the speculator's eye | |
The gravy boat will always float until the bay runs dry | |
and everybody sighed | |
and gets all misty eyed | |
about the day the city died | |
This one's called I'm moving to Oakland | |
This one's called I'm moving to Portland | |
This one's called I'm moving to Brooklyn now | |
Prospectors and pushers still conspire to subdivide | |
And many tales are told about the day The City died | |
Skinny dips on crystal ships sail through the Golden Gate | |
I left my heart in a shopping cart at the bottom of the Bay | |
and everybody sighed | |
and gets all misty eyed | |
about the day the city died | |
This one’s called I’m getting addicted | |
This one’s called I’m getting evicted | |
This one’s called another one moving away | |
This one's called I’m moving to Austin | |
This one's called I'm moving to London | |
This one's called somewhere in L.A. | |
This one’s called I’m moving to Boston | |
This one’s called I’m moving to Berlin | |
This one’s called I’m off to Savannah, GA | |
This one’s called I’m moving to Glasgow | |
This one’s called I’m moving to Moscow | |
This one’s called I’m moving to Detroit today |
Seems as though the PTA has finally conquered Rome | |
They' re gonna charge admission and enclose it in a dome | |
Now it' s just a theme park and the rides are overpriced | |
Maybe you can run the one that used to be your life | |
TICs and refugees are scattered far and wide | |
And many tales are told about the day The City died | |
Painted ladies faint before the speculator' s eye | |
The gravy boat will always float until the bay runs dry | |
and everybody sighed | |
and gets all misty eyed | |
about the day the city died | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Oakland | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Portland | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Brooklyn now | |
Prospectors and pushers still conspire to subdivide | |
And many tales are told about the day The City died | |
Skinny dips on crystal ships sail through the Golden Gate | |
I left my heart in a shopping cart at the bottom of the Bay | |
and everybody sighed | |
and gets all misty eyed | |
about the day the city died | |
This one' s called I' m getting addicted | |
This one' s called I' m getting evicted | |
This one' s called another one moving away | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Austin | |
This one' s called I' m moving to London | |
This one' s called somewhere in L. A. | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Boston | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Berlin | |
This one' s called I' m off to Savannah, GA | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Glasgow | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Moscow | |
This one' s called I' m moving to Detroit today |