The Big One-Nellie McKay

[ti:The Big One] [ar:Nellie McKay] [al:Pretty Little Head] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Big One - Nellie McKay [00:30.84]As you're walkin' down the street [00:32.09]Might wanna skip a beat [00:33.15]Think it over [00:34.18] [00:35.18]Walkin' to the corner store [00:36.64]But it ain't there no more [00:37.91]If you want a loaf of bread [00:40.02]You try a pharmacy instead [00:41.70] [00:42.21]Another chain will set you free [00:44.42] [00:49.40]When you go to pay the rent [00:51.15]You see it's all been spent [00:52.76]The purse is empty [00:53.74] [00:54.44]Money money make a buck [00:55.99]But you're all outta luck [00:57.39]This town ain't friendly now [00:58.59] [00:59.22]A thousand faces stare you down [01:00.83] [01:01.61]Each one's afraid of what you see [01:03.59] [01:08.35]Slither in your sea (can't deny it) [01:10.71]Hide behind the view (gentrifying) [01:12.35] [01:13.05]Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round) [01:16.76] [01:18.21]Clingin' to the door ( quiver cower ) [01:20.74]Profit off the poor (fight the power) [01:22.96]Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) [01:26.67] [01:27.45]Took Bruce Bailey down [01:28.48] [01:38.22]Lookin' like the jack is back [01:39.74]But he ain't gonna attack [01:41.02]His hands are flippin' [01:42.06] [01:42.96]Druggies dyin' in the halls [01:44.40]They're bangin' on the walls [01:45.91]Your Ma ain't trippin' now [01:47.08] [01:47.69]It ain't a home if you ain't allowed [01:49.66] [01:50.25]What time's the cease fire [01:51.78]Where's the heat [01:52.50] [01:56.73]Spittin' on the old (sister/brother) [01:58.58] [01:59.12]Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother) [02:01.56]Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round) [02:05.78] [02:06.68]Payin' off a loan (mass eviction) [02:09.07]Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction) [02:11.49]Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down) [02:15.53]Took Bruce Bailey down [02:16.77]No more tokens take a train [02:18.50]You swipe a piece of plastic paper [02:20.87]No more smokin' on the plane [02:23.21]You gripe they'll take you to the jailer [02:25.71]Bind your time it's all in vain [02:28.06]They tell you as you meet your maker [02:30.50]Grief's the mother of invention [02:32.91]Pain's the midwife to your labor [02:35.29] [02:36.15]Turn it burn it cure it endure it [02:40.62]If you are able sucker [02:43.02] [02:46.19]People standing in the park [02:47.61]It's getting mighty dark [02:48.78]The kids are scowlin' [02:50.03] [02:50.64]Shutter up the windows tight [02:52.31]This is an evil night [02:53.90]The wind is howlin' fast [02:55.57]Another tragedy has passed [02:57.69] [02:58.21]Another stain on you and me [03:00.30] [03:04.75]Slither in your sea (can't deny it) [03:07.15]Hide behind the view (gentrifying) [03:08.87] [03:09.42]Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round) [03:13.18] [03:14.83]Clingin' to the door (quiver cower) [03:16.97]Profit off the poor (fight the power) [03:18.87] [03:19.41]Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) [03:23.29] [03:24.01]Took Bruce Bailey down [03:25.18]Spittin' on the old (sister/brother) [03:26.49]Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother) [03:28.94]Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round) [03:32.42] [03:33.91]Payin' off a loan (mass eviction) [03:36.15]Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction) [03:38.76]Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down) [03:42.49] [03:43.32]Took Bruce Bailey down