Luxury Condos For the Poor

Brick by brick you're building 'em up

And block by block you're shutting 'em down

You say you want them to BELIEVE in this

Then give them a place where they can live

A fresh coast of paint won't cover up these stains

Yeah that's what I call progress:

Just build a wall around the mess

You're building a ghost town

Been flipped so much that up looks down

You're building a ghost town

Build some luxury condos for the poor

A fresh coast of paint won't make it go away

That's what I call progress:

Just build a wall around the mess

You're building a ghosttown

If you lived here your whole life, it's time to get out

We're building waterfront gravesites 30 stories high

Where dreams of fictional people live

While the city around you dies.