One by one and two by two
They´re pullin´ up every single root
In this town
To tear shit down
Oh, but what´s wrong with a little chip in the paint?

Who cares if the beams ain´t straight?
Y´all
Better watch your back for a wreckin´ ball

Gone forever in a day
Subdivide, give it a name
Shady acres ain´t got no trees
No one cares long as it´s cheap
Pave the past for a little bit of money
But you can´t get back what you knock down, honey
Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood
Hey, there goes the neighborhood

Mm, so much for posterity
They´re haulin´ off history
Like it don´t mean nothin´
Mm, for a dime a dozen
Built from scratch in ´35

But cash is king when grandpa died
So you sell the farm
Stick a sign out in the yard

Gone forever in a day
Subdivide, give it a name
Shady acres ain´t got no trees
No one cares long as it´s cheap
Pave the past for a little bit of money
But you can´t get back what you knock down, honey
Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood
Hey, there goes the neighborhood

Well, it´s a crime and it´s a shame
What we trade in the name
Of progress, I guess
We never know when we´ve got it good

Gone forever in a day
Subdivide, give it a name
Shady acres ain´t got no trees
No one cares long as it´s cheap
Pave the past for a little bit of money
But you can´t get back what you knock down, honey
Bunch of dump trucks full of bricks and wood
Hey, there goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood
Shady acres won´t be the same
Mm, you tear shit down