No Man's Land

Lyrics

I've seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines
 Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines
 Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise
 Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice
 Now we're gonna get the big business
 Now we're gonna get the real thing
 Everybody's all excited about it
 Who remembers when it all began?
 Out here in no man's land
 Before they passed the master plan
 Out here in no man's land
 Low supply and high demand
 Here in no man's land, no man's land
 There ain't much work out here in our consumer power base
 No major industry, just miles and miles of parking space
 This morning's paper says our neighbor's in a cocaine bust
 Lots more to read about, Lolita and suburban lust
 Now we're gonna get the whole story
 Now we're gonna be in prime time
 Everybody's all excited about it
 Who remembers when it all began
 Out here in no man's land
 We've just begun to understand
 Out here in no man's land
 Low supply and high demand
 Here in no man's land
 Here in no man's land
 I see these children with their boredom and their vacant stares
 God help us all if we're to blame for their unanswered prayers
 They roll the sidewalks up at night, this place goes underground
 Thanks to the condo kings there's cable now in Zombietown
 Now we're gonna get the closed circuit
 Now we're gonna get the Top 40
 Now we're gonna get the sports franchise
 Now we're gonna get the major attractions
 Who remembers when it all began?
 Out here in no man's land
 Before the whole world was in our hands
 Out here in no man's land
 Before the banners and the marching bands
 Out here in no man's land
 Low supply and high demand
 Here in no man's land
 Here in no man's land
 Here in no man's land
 Here in no man's land
 Here in no man's land
 No man's land
 No man's land
 No man's land
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:48
Key
9
Tempo
136 BPM

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