Home Improvement

Well, you know I was a farmer

When I was a younger man

Until the fields got paved with asphalt

And they took away my land

And now the monument before us

It stands so tall and proud

A glorious new minimall upon the earth

That I once plowed

I sold my house out in the country

To rent a trailor by the mall

It's not so bad

Except the kitchen's just a little small

I got a job at the local hardware store

Where I work till five o'clock

But now they built another home improvement palace

Down the block

What's the sense of all this home improvement

I liked my home the way it was before

If this is what our town has come to stand for

I don't think we need improvement anymore

I lost my job at the hardware store

When the owner closed it down

He said the rent was just too high

To keep his family in this town

He sold his house to an executive

Who tore it down

To build anew

A million dollar mansion with a $20 view

What's the sense of all this home improvement

I liked my home the way it was before

If this is what our town has come to stand for

I don't think we need improvement anymore

Someday this town will reach its goal

And everyone will have

A Mercedes in the driveway

Of their subdivision land

Clear the way for progress

By demolishing the past

But we need another steakhouse

Like a hole in the head

What's the sense of all this home improvement

I liked my home the way it was before

If this is what our town has come to stand for

I don't think we need improvement anymore