Urban Decay-The Stockyard Stoics

[ti:Urban Decay] [ar:The Stockyard Stoics] [al:The Stockyard Stoics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Urban Decay - The Stockyard Stoics [00:04.15]The rent comes up and the hammer down [00:06.55]There'll be no reprieve [00:08.86]The artists and the working class [00:11.47]Are quietly urged to leave [00:12.99] [00:13.72]It's the dawn of a brand new prohibition [00:16.34]And there's no place for you [00:18.11] [00:18.62]Pack up [00:19.69]Move out [00:20.28] [00:20.89]They'll beat you black and blue [00:22.78] [00:23.34]Urban decay [00:24.85]New shades of grey [00:26.20]Urban decay [00:27.32]Throw the culture away [00:28.75]Urban decay [00:29.80]Make the poor man pay [00:31.22]Urban decay [00:32.43]If they had their way there'd be new homes for the poor [00:36.09]At the bottom of the East River [00:38.36]Their urban renewal is our urban decay [00:43.91]What once were family neighbourhoods [00:46.10]Or back streets full of dangerous hoods [00:48.69]Now one and all are shopping malls [00:51.08]Parking lots with disco balls [00:53.81]Bring me your tired hungry [00:55.21]And meek yearning to breathe free [00:58.25]Now S O D Diversity [01:00.81]Is Starbucks and a Burger King [01:03.67]Urban decay [01:04.64]New shades of grey [01:06.07]Urban decay [01:07.13]Throw the culture away [01:08.54]Urban decay [01:09.59]Make the poor man pay [01:11.02]Urban decay [01:11.86]If they had their way there'd be [01:13.87]New homes for the poor [01:15.26] [01:15.90]At the bottom of the East River [01:17.82] [01:18.36]Their urban renewal is our urban decay [01:24.13] [01:36.37]You can whitewash the halls [01:37.79]And lock all the doors [01:39.15]But there'll be rats in the walls [01:40.69]And roaches under the floors [01:42.23]Sanitize and eradicate [01:45.28]This dirt ain't gonna wash away [01:48.77] [01:53.57]Those who thankless run the cities names [01:56.60]And faces will be known [01:58.76]For those from who there's been no pity [02:01.19]There'll be no mercy shown [02:03.70] [02:04.81]Out of sight and out of mind [02:06.11]But the problems only grow [02:08.38]Heads up Hit the deck [02:10.17] [02:10.96]The whole damned thing's gonna blow [02:13.52] [02:14.60]Urban decay [02:15.49]New shades of grey [02:16.81]Urban decay [02:17.84]Throw the culture away [02:19.18]Urban decay [02:20.31]Make the poor man pay [02:21.80]Urban decay [02:22.77]No f**kin' way [02:24.17]Still dirty after all these years [02:26.84]Still scary after all this fear [02:29.34]Still dirty after all these years [02:31.80]This dirt won't wash away