100 years i stood here where before there was just dirt
young couples put down mattresses and hung clotheslines for their shirts
i watched your children grown up, felt the notches in my frame
the things that you sought shelter from i tried to keep away
they built me before the earth shook
they filled in the cracks
my windows let the cold in
you rolled up towels for the gaps
sometimes you would pack out for good and whisper a goodbye
these creaking floorboards were asking you to bring your things inside
the workers that built me they are all long dead
and the company that owns me keeps me vacant and undressed
waiting for a rising tide to make them wealthy men
but i used to be your sanctuary, i remember when
one day the locks broke open
some kids forced their way in
they brought a couch and a padlock set
didn't always do their dishes
but every night they talked up late
sketching out a revolution
and the cigarettes stained my walls but i was so happy they stayed
soon the cops came calling, dropped a notice in the mail
rolled up in great numbers and hauled my new friends off to jail
and the garden they worked so hard on, it grew over with weeds
if i could speak in your language i'd tell you about their dreams
the workers that built me they are all long dead
and the company that owns me keeps me vacant and undressed
waiting for a rising tide to make them wealthy men
but i used to be your sanctuary, i remember when
a pile of bricks in an empty lot (i remember when)
before the floor fell through with rot (i remember when)
the well they bored into the ground was the only source for miles around
now i am old and worn through, termites dig deep
i notice more and more the lights are out on my street
i hear em talk redevelopment but the truth is they don't care
about the squares of land where the houses stand
and the people who lived there
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