Lyrics

On the corner there is a building that is

Empty and all worn down

Across the street there is a chain-link fence

Dividing up the sordid parts of town

The ground has all been paved away, there is

No vegetation to be found

Gas stations line the left

Fast food is on the right

Industrial fences on either side

The roads are wide and the distances far

You can’t reach anything without a car

Streets symmetrical with putrid orange lights

Skies cluttered up with electrical lines

Warehouses line the left

Parking lots are to your right

Concrete walls surround us on all sides

It’s not designed with pedestrian zones

Just for automotive transportation

The car and oil companies set the tone

In this strip mall enslaved nation

Life in an automobile

Plastic doors, steel belted wheels

Not sure how fresh air really feels

The sun sets down, the weather is beautiful

Autumn comes and the leaves begin to fall

Unknown in a climatized cubical

You’re safe from the seasons and all that’s natural

Concrete slabs and traffic lights

Freeway systems far and wide

A beautiful place to spend the rest of your life

Playgrounds settled beneath the freeway bridge

Sewage flowing by in a concrete ditch

Nobody’s playing in the parks at all

They’re spending all there time in a shopping mall

Roadside motels to the left

Drive-throughs are to your right

Convenient stores and neon all night

Gated communities keep us apart

Barbed wire fences and security guards

Offices separated in commercial zones

Ensuring heavy traffic is always on the roads

Mass produced habitation

Standardized bulk consumption

Burdened by overregulation

It’s the same at every intersection