David Rovics - Beyond the Mall lyrics

There are places Where there are hills They're not just called hills, they're really hills There are places Where there are forests Not like "Twelve Pines," but really forests There are places where the birds sing And you can hear the eagle call I know they're out there Somewhere beyond the mall There are places Where there are rivers Not surrounded by concrete, but living rivers With fish in them And frogs and little tadpoles With ducks and deer drinking by the sinkholes There are places far away The trees turn colors in the fall I know they're out there Somewhere beyond the mall There are places You can see the sky Not neon signs and billboards, but just the sky There are places with dirt on the ground Without the miles of asphalt, not a car around Where on and in the soil Good little critters crawl I know they're out there Somewhere beyond the mall There are places like that And things don't have to be like this I mean not just cosmetic changes Things really don't have to be like this There are places where people know their neighborhood Where people live there And they think that life is good There are places like that Somewhere on this spinning ball I know they're out there Somewhere beyond the mall There are places That I know I've gotta find Otherwise I will undoubtedly lose my mind Otherwise I'll end up just like you On Ritalin or Prozac or whatever things you do I'm going where the water is blue And the trees are oh so tall I know they're out there Somewhere beyond the mall