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Every Town Will Celebrate Lyrics
Well, big bad man come into town
Gave sweets to the children
Pushed their daddies around
Made the streets so bright in the zones of blight
No more fear in the hearts of whites
He built a hall
Put on a show
From high above watched his boulders roll
Then he bought Main Street and the old town hall
He named his price: his face on every wall.
His face on every wall
Oh, his face on every wall
Now the factories have all shut down
No more cloth stitched in this town
So the only job for the boy and I
In the prison making tile shine
Someday that man will come here too
With that magic hat, spit and glue
He'll wash the stone
Paint the brick
Rename the streets
And make the clocks all tick on time
He'll make us run on time
And every town will celebrate someday
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Now corners near and corners far
Are somehow the same coffee bar
And community is felt again
Thanks to folks I've never met
They slayed the artists
Sold their arts
Gave the toddlers shopping carts
Raised the prices
Raised the rent
Some days I wish that I could go back again
No, I can't go back again
And every town will celebrate someday
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Just like they do in Florida
Down in Celebration, Florida
And when every road is Main Street, USA
We'll be safely kept at bay
From any disruption or display
Of truth, adventure, love and rage
Of truth, adventure, love and rage
Of truth, adventure, love and rage, HEY!
Every town will celebrate someday
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Every town will celebrate
Every town will celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Gave sweets to the children
Pushed their daddies around
Made the streets so bright in the zones of blight
No more fear in the hearts of whites
Put on a show
From high above watched his boulders roll
Then he bought Main Street and the old town hall
He named his price: his face on every wall.
His face on every wall
Oh, his face on every wall
No more cloth stitched in this town
So the only job for the boy and I
In the prison making tile shine
Someday that man will come here too
With that magic hat, spit and glue
He'll wash the stone
Paint the brick
Rename the streets
And make the clocks all tick on time
He'll make us run on time
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Are somehow the same coffee bar
And community is felt again
Thanks to folks I've never met
They slayed the artists
Sold their arts
Gave the toddlers shopping carts
Raised the prices
Raised the rent
Some days I wish that I could go back again
No, I can't go back again
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Down in Celebration, Florida
And when every road is Main Street, USA
We'll be safely kept at bay
From any disruption or display
Of truth, adventure, love and rage
Of truth, adventure, love and rage
Of truth, adventure, love and rage, HEY!
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
Wearing culture on their backs
Wearing spirit on their hats
One by one they'll join the parade
And celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
Every town will celebrate
Every town will celebrate someday
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I think that this song is attacking how corporate globalisation ruins the individuality of local communities. Stuff like the 'clone street' phenemomena where a street in own town looks exactly the same as a street in another because it is all global companies and brands. The most extreme example of this kind of corproate influence over a town is Celebration, Florida which is a planned community in FLorida that is owned by the Disney Corporation.
I guess the chorus is a pun on every town in the world becoming Celebration.
I wouldn't say this song is about globalization, per say, as much as it is about corporate-based community development/economic revitalization. There is a common problem in economic revitalization approaches to community development that do not take into account the existing population and prefer gentrification and displacement over doing right by the community's current residents. I think this is more in tune with what Erik is saying here.
I wouldn't say this song is about globalization, per say, as much as it is about corporate-based community development/economic revitalization. There is a common problem in economic revitalization approaches to community development that do not take into account the existing population and prefer gentrification and displacement over doing right by the community's current residents. I think this is more in tune with what Erik is saying here.
very good
This song kind of explains the rise of Donald Trump, in a way... a savior for the old cryptofascist conservative dinosaurs who were waiting for the second coming of Ronald Reagan to lionize and deify while he sells away main street, and worse, while they watch.
Easily can be applied to today’s Davos crowd/ leftist elitist that have taken oven after Trump. they want supplicants, cheap overseas labor, too down control of everything (except for them) and goddamn if you don’t celebrate the lgbtqiaaauwyrb addenda openly you’re gonna get cancelled! “Hate has no home here” lawn signs and Ukrainian flags all over the place!
Easily can be applied to today’s Davos crowd/ leftist elitist that have taken oven after Trump. they want supplicants, cheap overseas labor, too down control of everything (except for them) and goddamn if you don’t celebrate the lgbtqiaaauwyrb addenda openly you’re gonna get cancelled! “Hate has no home here” lawn signs and Ukrainian flags all over the place!
It’s strange how warped this world has become since EP wrote this song. Everything has inverted.
It’s strange how warped this world has become since EP wrote this song. Everything has inverted.