Kristian Hoffman - Shantytown lyrics

Family dwelling on a twelve inch screen. Sunlight on each windowsill. Now the motion picture is a still-life scene. How did life become so still? And I in pa**ing chanced to meet a stranger on my street. He told me this whole block's coming down. He smiled and crossed a vacant lot. Somehow I never thought we'd move to shantytown. Ghosts like garbage blowing down the street They whisper I remember this: Planning more than trying to make both ends meet. Futures fading like a kiss. And I in pa**ing chanced to meet a neighbor from my street. He turned his head and looked at the ground. I asked him why he had to go. He said he didn't know and left for shantytown. Who will mend these broken promises? Sane hands weave a crazy quilt. Open season for the doubting Thomases. Houses jack has never built. And now the echo of your feet is fading from my street. This silence that must pa** for sound. But please don't wave good-bye too soon 'cause I'll be seeing you right here in shantytown.