Various Artists - That's Progress - Jello Biafra With D.O.A. Lyrics
Give me an "M"-M!Give me an "A"-A!Give me a "U"-U!Give me an "L"-L!Give me your money - Sure!What's that spell?-MallWhat's that spell?- Shopping Mall'Scuse mePardon my greed-You're evicted, time to leaveDon't matter if your family's lived here 30 yearsWe're tripling the rentTime's up, the sheriff's hereToo bad for you if you freeze out in the streetThe croissant and cookie palaceDownstairs will symbolizeThe old neighborhood whose soul has slowly diedBeen gentrifiedCHORUSThat's progressThat's progressDoesn't progress make you feel good inside?Cameras catch you runnin' red lightsSchoolrooms with no windowsComputer picks your carreer at age 15Universal Price Code I.D.'sWith the stripe the laser readsAnd records where you've been, when you're sickAnd what you eatFor every spy in governmentThere's 50 private eyesWho round up dirt on you to keep on fileThen sell the fileCHORUSProgress don't make me feel so good insideYou can't live hereWe won't hire youWe know all the nasty things you doBought a dossier on your whole lifeClear back to the pranks you did in school at age 5There's millions on file at the touch of a buttonYour boss or your landlord will love our choice cuts of gossipIf it's lies, what can you do?'Cos it costs too much to sueThe last person who'll ever see your file is youHad enough, I moved back homeTo the mountains where I belongBut ski resorts have tamed the wild westThe hills we used to roamNow they're privately ownedAnd scarred with cheezy suburbs and cementThe 'Tracts For Sale' sign promises'Deer in your back yard'If the deer somehow get past the fences and guardsAnd the industrial 'park'CHORUSThat's progressThat's progressLooks like I'll have to move to YellowknifeProgress-bleah!Your idea of progress wrecks too many lives
