Hooverville (and They Promised Us the World)

The doubt of work sends the out of work man
To city of hope and of home
When one door shuts here another two slam
Yes he's homeless, he's hopeless, alone

Row upon row of castles in Spain
Make up the fool's paradise
A still-born brain-child of a man with no brain
A ballot box baby that dies

And they promised us the world (in Hooverville)
Yes they promised us the world (crying for the moon)

Now dirty faced children sitting alone
By the shanty town shacks they call
The comfort of knowing they won't be there long
It's the only comfort the know

A young screamer, young dreamer's lost in the night
Along with the young will to live
Along with the masses that gave up the fight
A fight for a reason live (in Hooverville)

And they promised us the world (in Hooverville)
Said the streets were paved with silver and gold (oh Hooverville)
And they promised us a roof above our heads (in Hooverville)
And like fools we believed every last word they said (crying for the moon)

And they promised us the world
And they promised us a roof above our heads (oh)
And they promised us the world
And like fools we believed every last word they said
I believed every last word you said

(Oh Hooverville)
And they promised us the world (in Hooverville)
Said the streets were paved with silver and gold (oh Hooverville)
And they promised us a roof above our heads (in Hooverville)
And like fools we believed every last word they said (crying for the moon)

The hope is so high when they arrive
The hope is their only possession in life (crying for the moon)
Another man dies, another man cries
Oh Mr. Politician open up your eyes (crying for the moon)
Open up your eyes (crying for the moon)
Ooh, oh, ooh

You took a hole in my life, hmm
Low living
I'm not living