Ed's Redeeming Qualities - Falls Church, Virginia lyrics

I lived with roaches in Falls Church, Virginia Where the neighbors had nothing to say Where the mean guy upstairs would just as soon k** you As tell you the time or the name of the day And the babies ate pigeons Threw cats out the windows While their mothers just cooked and forgave Old men watched while little girls jiggled When they whirled and they twirled On a dead mailman's grave. Some things you do for the love of a friend Some things you do for your mother Sometimes you sing just to cheer up the kids Cause you don't have a son or a daughter And the time that you're living is a big waste of life Seems pointless to work, steal, or borrow Your last friend the dog snuck off in the fog And yesterday feels like tomorrow. I moved up north to Dover, New Hampshire Where the friendly neighbors had nice things to say Where the woman next door would just as soon love you As tell you the time or the name of the day But the skunks had rabies And the squirrels ate the babies While their mothers just sat in new shiny cars Old men slept while little girls wiggled When they whirled and they twirled Under New England stars And now I live in a lane on a highway Where I don't have neighbors and kids do not play And the cars beside me, and the cars behind They're all going somewhere where they don't want to stay And the babies eat plastic Throw food out the windows While their mothers just drive and they drive to forget Old men die and little girls giggle And they won't look my way Not on a ten dollar bet. Some things you do for the love of a friend Some things you do for your mother Sometimes you sing just to cheer up the kids Cause you don't have a son or a daughter And the time that you're living is a big waste of life Seems pointless to work, steal, or borrow Your last friend the dog snuck off in the fog And yesterday sounds, sounds just like tomorrow.