Big One Lyrics - Pretty Little Head - Nellie Mckay

As you're walkin' down the street 

Might wanna skip the beat, think it over 

Walkin' to the corner store 

But it ain't there no more 

If you want a loaf of bread 

You try a pharmacy instead 

Another chain will set you free 

When you go to pay the rent 

You see it's all been spent 

The purse is empty 

Money, money make a buck 

But you're all outta luck 

This town ain't friendly now 

A thousand faces stare you down 

Each one's afraid of what you see 

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Slither in your sea 

(Can't deny it) 

Hide behind the view 

(Gentrifying) 

Take a life or two 

(The revolution's comin' 'round) 

Clingin' to the door 

(Quiver, coward) 

Profit off the poor 

(Fight the power) 

Pay 'em even more 

(That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) 

Took Bruce Bailey down 

Lookin' like the Jack's back 

But he ain't gonna attack 

His hands are flippin' 

Druggies dyin' in the halls 

They're bangin' on the walls 

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Your ma ain't trippin' now 

It ain't a home if you ain't allowed 

What time's the cease fire, where's the heat? 

Spittin' on the old 

(Sister, brother) 

Shittin' on your soul 

(Welfare mother) 

Profit is the goal 

(The revolution's comin' 'round) 

Payin' off a loan 

(Mass eviction) 

Elevate the zone 

(Ain't no fiction) 

Breakin' up a home 

(That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) 

Took Bruce Bailey down 

No more tokens, take a train 

You swipe a piece of plastic paper 

No more smokin' on the plane 

You gripe they'll take you to the jailer 

Abide your time, it's all in vain 

They tell you as you meet your maker 

Grief's the mother of invention 

Pain's the midwife to your labor 

Turn it, burn it, cure it, endure it 

If you are able, sucker 

People standing in the park 

It's getting mighty dark 

The kids are scowlin' 

Shutter up the windows tight 

This is an evil night 

The wind is howlin' fast 

Another tragedy has passed 

Another stain on you and me 

Slither in your sea 

(Can't deny it) 

Hide behind the view 

(Gentrifying) 

Take a life or two 

(The revolution's comin' 'round) 

Clingin' to the door 

(Quiver, cower) 

Profit off the poor 

(Fight the power) 

Pay 'em even more 

(That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) 

Took Bruce Bailey down 

Spittin' on the old 

(Sister, brother) 

Shittin' on your soul 

(Welfare mother) 

Profit is the goal 

(The revolution's comin' 'round) 

Payin' off a loan 

(Mass eviction) 

Elevate the zone 

(Ain't no fiction) 

Breakin' up a home 

(That's why they took Bruce Bailey down) 

Took Bruce Bailey down