Beautiful day in the neighborhood
You say to me as you smile and walk away
What a flawless elocution
You must've worked so hard to get that way
You say the funniest things sometimes
You say you just want to see how they'll react
And they're so sensitive nowadays
You know the words you just can't get them back
Now they're coming, won't stop coming
People talk like they mean nothing now
Maybe it's because
You always had the upper hand
And now you're losing face
And there goes the neighborhood
You thought you knew, but in your mind
They only serve to want to take you down
What a lovely imposition
To close my ears and eyes and run away
With you into oblivion
You know the rules, you always knew the game
Now they're coming, won't stop coming
People talk like they mean nothing now
Maybe it's because
You never learned how to feel
And now your crying out
And there goes the neighborhood
You thought you knew, but in your mind
They only serve to want to take you
Now they're coming, won't stop coming
People talk like they mean nothing now
Maybe it's because
You always had the upper hand
And now you're losing face
And there goes the neighborhood
You thought you knew, but in your mind
They only serve to want to take you
Now they're coming, won't stop coming
People talk like they mean nothing now