My Own Place

I want a vintage bathtub with a circular curtain rod Make it porcelain with brass claw feet I want a shower that gushes a toilet that flushes And I think I need a sink that doesn't leak I want central air and central heat In a good neighborhood on a good li'l street Don't want no crack in my foundation Or my neighbors doing crack Make it everything I have and everything I lack When this whole world is in my face I wanna shut the door and hide in my own place I want instant credit give it to me, honey How am I gonna get it if you don't loan me the money How am I gonna get it my American dream If you give me the ice and you keep the cream Your concrete world has gotta cut me some slack I gotta climb out from between the cracks With your interest rates this high, high, high How am I ever gonna own what I buy I want kitchen tile and hardwood floors A brand new roof and a wrap around porch I want a wooden deck underneath some trees On a hill with a view, I wanna do what I please Your concrete world has gotta rise from the dead I gotta wake up in my own place in my own bed With all the doors unlocked with all the windows open With not a, not a care, not a, not a care Not a, not a care inside of my head Oh here I am, you have to have been here to understand You have to have been here and done this to see That I need a payday I need a windfall I need to get the key to my own place my own place I wanna shut the door and hide in my own place