The Wrecking Ball

<br>ove the sidewalk under the archway<br>through the door again<br>planting charges seed of destruction<br>time is caving in<br>here we are at mile zero this is St. John`s NFLD<br>but you can hear the strains of Nero<br>serenade the demolition man<br>the sun is rising<br>bricks are falling<br>nothing stands too long too tall<br>for the swing of the wrecking ball<br>the petition failed the coffin`s nailed<br>we protest but money talks<br>what`s here today will be gone today<br>holding hands won`t stop the clock<br>they`ll be coming in teh morning<br>to tear a piece out of the sky<br>try and build another Babel<br>who can reach the highest high<br>the sun is rising<br>bricks are falling<br>nothing stands too long too tall<br>for the swing of the wrecking ball<br>dance macabre at the wrecking ball<br>steel toe shuffle through an empty hall<br>the hard hat dancers take th floor<br>then the ceiling and the corridor<br>the jackhammers beat out eight to the bar<br>the last dance will be a slam dance<br>ring around the Dev hotel<br>a crowd is gathering round<br>the plunger sinks a cheer goes up<br>and it all falls down<br>in a shower of brick and mortar raining down<br>in dirty sheets<br>when the dust has come to settle<br>ther`ll be one less shadow on the street<br>the sun is rising<br>bricks are falling<br>nothing stands too long too tall<br>for the swing of the wrecking ball