Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue 
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food 
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude 
Why'd those neon lights all lost their common blue

And it's not like me to feel so important 
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day 
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited 
Ah but I know that somethin bad has gotta change
 
Well I see them working round the block till six a.m. 
The thermometer's at minus five degrees 
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes 
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
 
And it's not like me to feel so important 
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day 
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited 
Ah but I know that somethin bad has gotta change