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Upzone Terrytown

by Texas Textbooks

So much geography not enough place
For all your stupid cars to get their own space
Like George Jetson's packed into a suitcase
Eating chicken fried steak in the shape of Botswana
No functional purpose for all that lawn
You'll never know what happens in the meadow at dawn

Upzone terrytown
Stack up all the bigbox stores and knock em down
Let the gold course go to seed
Give the country club the remodel it really needs
It's not the same street anymore
When we put a public housing block
Right next door


Passive aggressive sign in your front yard
You knew progressivism could be this hard
Check the expiry date on your member card

Visualize a world of trains
The shuttered suburbs wild and untamed
Falcons in the fields and fish in the lake

Upzone terrytown
Take the private developers and shake em down
Better homes for the poor
Built on the backs of those who'll pay more
It's not the same neighborhood you once knew
Give to the many take from the few



Upzone terrytown
Find investment properties and hand them out
Better visions better plans
Then a hellscape designed by market trends
It's not the same city it used to be
Public space and urban density