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I don't know how to feel when they talk about downtown
How the area's been "cleaned up," you should go and check it out
There are holes inside that euphemism big enough to walk through
On your way to lunch at that new place that used to be a factory for vacuums

The streets are getting cleaner, man
I'm not sure what to think
Half the time it looks like progress
Half the time it looks like greed

I'm coming up with reasons that it's okay
I'd always like to believe they didn't mean it that way
When they say it's really wonderful what they've done with this place
You should have seen it twenty years ago today

I've been thinking 'bout the Dunlap, all the years that place has seen
A stubborn stack of blue bricks on its narrow namesake street
It's been there since '36, I hope they never tear it down
Still I wonder what it thought of when it saw me come to town

Dilapidated storefronts are transforming all around
They finally built that soccer stadium and crime is going down
But the block is changing colors, you can almost see the line
It's inching along Vine Street, getting closer all the time

The rents are getting higher, man
I don't like what I see
Tried to diagnose the problem
Now I'm worried that it's me

I'm coming up with reasons that it's okay
I'd always like to believe I didn't mean it that way
But am I pushing out the people who were here before it changed?
Hope my neighbors all don't look at me that way

I can't stop thinking 'bout the way that I grew up
And I wanna pay it back, but I could never pay enough
Start to wonder "Should I bother feeling guilty for good luck?"
‘Cause I don't know exactly who that will help

I'm trying to do the right thing
I swear to God I'm trying to do the right thing
I'm trying to do the right thing
I swear to God I'm trying to do the right thing

So I've been going out on Saturdays to fix some houses up
Made some lunches for the soup kitchen down there in OTR
I don't know how to fix it all, it feels so far beyond me
But I can swing a hammer if you need me
Yeah, I could be your neighbor if you'll have me
I'm trying to do the right thing
I swear to God I'm trying to do the right thing

They say that nothing ever stays the same
I'm worried that it's true
I'll try not to be the problem
Guess that's all that I can do

‘Cause I want to be the reason that it's okay
I do believe there is a path for inclusive change
And I don't wanna crack the foundation, just wanna be a part
If you can't see that on my face, hope you can see it in my heart

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