I have often walked down this street before.
But I do remember, had grass and not concrete before.
All at once am I, wanting much to cry
'cause they've got just concrete where I lived.

I lived in a house, it was called Cape Cod.
But they knocked it down and tore up our backyard and sod.
Paradise it's not, it's a parking lot.
That they've got, just concrete where I lived.

And oh, the towering feeling
just to know this place held dear
is gone, I've been sent reeling
and any second I will need to drink a beer.

People stop and stare, not what troubles me.
But what was once a lovely home is now so ug-l-y.
Why'd the time go by? I don't know and I
cry a tear, just concrete where I lived!

(instrumental break)

It's gone, I've been sent reeling
and any second I will need to drink a beer.

People stop and stare, not what troubles me.
But what was once a lovely home is now so ug-l-y.
Why'd the time go by? I... don't know and I
cry a tear, just concrete where I lived!