Uh oh..... There Goes The Neighbourhood

Griffintown could be any neighbourhood at all

I’ve lived long enough to watch many communities fall

people moving up, people driven out

running from the renos and the condos and the wrecking ball

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood

immigrants and artists living side by side 

eking out a living and preserving their cultural style

cleaning up their corner, their side of the street

filling up their space with personal and civic pride

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood

when the gentry comes, the rents will soar

all the local colour won’t be there any more

when the gentry comes is when the colour goes

you’ll still have a face, but you cut off your nose

immigrants and artists both have economic insecurity

so they move into neighbourhoods sick with urban decay

they defibrilate before it gets too late and

pull the neighbourhood out of obscurity

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood

then the vultures come and kick you out of your homes

as they buy up everything in sight

when the vultures come they’ll strip you downt to the bone

bleach you away and treat you like blight

I used to live in a place like this because the rents were cheap

I had to move because it sold and the rent got steep

to hell with artsy romance, it’s all about finance

what you get to skim you get to keep

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood

some yuppies moved here because the streets were cool and quaint

the yuppies got older and now…the same streets ain’t

their bourgois aspirations belied their intentions

and now the bar downstairs is closed due to their complaints

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood

when the gentry comes, the rents will soar

all the local colour won’t be there any more

when the gentry comes is when the colour goes

you’ll still have a face, but you cut off your nose

some motherfuckers bought up five whole city blocks

said they’d look after everyone, but that was a crock

with their lululementality they destroyed a community

now with impunity we see it’s true that money talks (and walks)

when the bobos come you’ll be on the run

from their phony pseudo psych mentality

when the bobos come you’ll be on the run

from their virtual spirituality

when th bobos come you’ll be on the run

from their actual banality

uh oh…..make way for the bobos

uh oh…..the champagne socialists

uh oh…..make way for those bourgeois bohemians

uh oh…..there goes the neighbourhood