Pretty Paper

She bought her own vacation
Was it money well spent?
And to that old location
Was there any altercation in that
A grammy nomination
And glitter falling off of the cents
The constant imitations
And the summers that I'm spending in bed

Bring in the orchestrations
And the instruments from bullets and led
Carefully illustrated
So that none if it can make any sense
Get hit with limitations
Getting ready and I leave without pants
Morning coffee and the paper
So that I can fit right in with the rants

And it seems it's on my mind more than I
find it, can't be sure
Looking up at pretty paper, could you
ever ever ever want more?
And I get just what I like, now that I find I'm reassured
Giving all my city paper, pretty paper
Could you ever want more?

You said you thought I hate you, well I don't, it's just I think that you're plain
Or am I just too lucid to be traveling through time and through space
I've been through Pennsylvania, but I always end up thinking it's Maine
Or was it Massachusetts? Jersey City's living up to its name

And now I'm getting anxious, and my chest is in a whole lot of pain
I'd say that I just hate this, but it only gives me something to blame

And it seems I'm out of time, or out of line but I can leave
Looking up at pretty paper, could you
ever ever ever believe?
And I get just what I like, I can find it all for sure
Giving all my city paper, pretty paper
Could you ever want more?

Yeah it seems it's on my mind more than I
find it, can't be sure
Looking up at pretty paper, could you
ever ever ever want more?
And I get just what I like, now that I find I'm reassured
Giving all my city paper, pretty paper
Could you ever want more?

"Gentrification in the neighborhoods are causing a flashpoint. With the story of some businesses that are being displaced to make way for a restaurant and also a brewery."

"That's right, some call it "revitalization" and others call it "gentrification," either way, when agencies try to improve neighborhoods, there are often business that are not part of those plans that feel like they are getting pushed."

"I got generations of families that's been coming here."

"For 22 years; a letter he's received recently saying he would need to be out of his building by July, was not well-received."

"But now that they're taking my business, I don't know what I'm gonna do."