So while the sun and sky dissolve with progress

We look for ways to feed our families

Here’s another strip mall for the hungry tourist

A discord in the purest harmony

(Best laid plans are burning down)

(The have's still keep the have-nots down)

Because the violent crimes in violent times

Will make a city much harder to live in

Because they’re taking up arms and sounding alarms

And we still try to carve out a living, oh

Yeah, so let them tax the air and buy the water

Sell the silence, but all the art is free

(Best laid plans are burning down)

(The have's still keep the have-nots down)

While we work for nothing to scratch that itch

Let the starving eat the rich, it's fine with me

(Best laid plans are burning down)

(The have's still keep the have-nots down)

Because the violent crimes in violent times

Will make a city much harder to live in

Because they’re taking up arms and sounding alarms

And we still try to carve out a living

How did it fall?

How did it come to this?

How did it fall?

How did it come to this?

Because the violent crimes in violent times

Will make a city much harder to live in

Because they’re taking up arms and sounding alarms

And we still try to carve out a living

Because the violent crimes in violent times

Will make a city much harder to live in

Because they’re taking up arms and sounding alarms

And we still try to carve out a living

How did it fall?

How did it come to this?

How did it fall?

How did it come to this?

How did it fall?

How did it come to this?