Dollar Stores & Strip Malls
Dollar stores and strip malls
As far as the eye can see
The tap water tastes like metal
Not a single flower or tree
They demolished grandpa's roadside stand
Built a highway and a parking lot
They closed down that city center
And they tore out every sidewalk
A great place to be from
Nowhere you wanna stay
A strip club, a warehouse
Another fast food chain
Tell my dreams to quiet down
Tell my heart to let the future go
'Cause dollar stores and strip malls
Will be the only thing I've ever known
The folks round here are real good people
And I got nowhere else left to go
I'll be a fixture at the tavern
Tell my wife I gotta hit the road
Nobody knows their neighbors
We're living in a car society
All alone with no one to help me
And the bottle is cheaper than the therapy
A great place to be from
Nowhere you wanna stay
A big fish in a small
Polluted waterway
I'm still wearing that letterman jacket
I'm still dreamin' bout those glory days
Now I'm working on last month's rent
Whatever happened to the minimum wage?
'Cause dollar stores and strip malls
They're takin' everything I loved away
These stomping grounds that raised me
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
As far as the eye can see
The tap water tastes like metal
Not a single flower or tree
They demolished grandpa's roadside stand
Built a highway and a parking lot
They closed down that city center
And they tore out every sidewalk
A great place to be from
Nowhere you wanna stay
A strip club, a warehouse
Another fast food chain
Tell my dreams to quiet down
Tell my heart to let the future go
'Cause dollar stores and strip malls
Will be the only thing I've ever known
The folks round here are real good people
And I got nowhere else left to go
I'll be a fixture at the tavern
Tell my wife I gotta hit the road
Nobody knows their neighbors
We're living in a car society
All alone with no one to help me
And the bottle is cheaper than the therapy
A great place to be from
Nowhere you wanna stay
A big fish in a small
Polluted waterway
I'm still wearing that letterman jacket
I'm still dreamin' bout those glory days
Now I'm working on last month's rent
Whatever happened to the minimum wage?
'Cause dollar stores and strip malls
They're takin' everything I loved away
These stomping grounds that raised me
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
They don't feel the way they did yesterday
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Writer(s): Molly Brandt, Eric Carranza
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