Condos

Dm A Dm A My city has been in a housing crisis F C F For fifteen years or more Bb G Dm Middle class families can’t afford to live here A F E Dm And there’s a ten thousand dollar fine for being poor Dm A Dm A Well they said if we let them build all these condo towers F C F The market would pull down the rent Bb G Dm Now we’ve got the most expensive city E A Dm On the whole damn continent Dm A Dm A Our mayor says he wants something called EcoDensity F C F And of course it’s a sin not to be Green Bb G Dm But when Mayor Happy Planet says EcoDensity E A Dm What does he really mean? N.C. He means Dm A Sunday, condos Dm A Monday, condos F C F Tuesday, Wednesday, condos Bb G Dm Thursday, Friday, a few more condos A Saturday, for a change N.C. Condos Dm A Dm A What happened to a thousand cultural buildings and counting? F C F Well they knocked them down to build some condos Bb G Dm And the social housing on Little Mountain, get rid of it! N.C. Dm ‘Cause we need more condos Dm A Dm A Oh The Ridge, Richards, Capital F C F That’s a special kind of condos Bb G Dm The kind of condos that you call A N.C. After the thing that you knocked down to make the Dm A Sunday, condos Dm A Monday, condos F C F Tuesday, Wednesday, condos Bb G Dm Thursday, Friday, a few more condos A Saturday, for a change N.C. Townhouse condominiums Dm A Dm A What is the plan for the Georgia Viaduct? F C F Well they’re gonna knock it down and build some condos Bb G Dm Why’s the city four hundred million dollars on the hook, they’re fucked! A N.C. They paid some guys to build Olympic condos Dm A Dm A And what about the sacred burial site? F C F Not as sacred as condos Bb G Dm Till the Musqueam Nation actually put up a fight A N.C. Dm And that’s how you stop the condos Dm A Dm A So what’s gonna happen now for God’s sake? F C F Are we just going to let them build more condos? Bb G Dm Or could this be the time when we finally put the brakes N.C. On Vancouver’s mad sickness for Dm A Sunday, condos Dm A Monday, condos F C F Tuesday, Wednesday, condos Bb G Dm Thursday, Friday, a few more condos A Saturday, for a change N.C. Dm Market artist live/work studios