High Rent by Joel Robinson
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Nine years of bliss in Silverado
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With a view of the cliffs and the creek
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Dirt trails for me to wander barefoot
No poison sprayed on my foraged foods
Plenty of space to shit out there in the woods
Until the rent was raised
Until the rent was raised!
Six months of this suburban limbo
With a view of the wall and the street
No dirt for me to wander barefoot
More noise than humans can tolerate
Plenty of ways to kill every vertebrate
Because the rent was raised
Because the rent was raised!
The higher the rent, the further we fall
With no place to land and no one to call
To live in a tent, to live at the mall
We don’t own the land, the land owns us all
One minute left to get the facts straight
With a view of the past and my feet
Where can I go to wander barefoot?
No access left for our basic needs
Plenty of space is now under lock and key
Too bad the rent was raised
Was left confused and dazed!
The landlord wasn’t fazed!
Too bad the rent was raised…
