104 Wellington Street North Lyrics

There was a red brick house where a child died

Mere steps away from the For Sale sign

They said in two more years it'll fetch a Locke Street price

That's three cities now I've watched decay

Three cities now, the same disease

Where can I go where I won't do the same?

Can we sister up these joists

Instead of ripping up the floors

Greed ushers in decay

The decadence is harrowing

Can we sister up these joists

Instead of ripping up the floors

They swear they'll find a way

To get us out of here for free

It's such an easy fight but we're beyond exhausted

Rob will fill that church with harmony

But the city isn't listening

They're drowning out the angel's whispering

But the good news is he don't fold like me

He takes the cities dirt and he starts sowing

He cultivates while they're over-harvesting

Can we sister up these joists

Instead of ripping up the floors

Greed ushers in decay

The decadence is harrowing

Can we sister up these joists

Instead of ripping up the floors

They swear they'll find a way

To get these rents to market rate

Can we sister up these joists

Instead of choking out the pulse

A city can't support the weight

If the beams won't stop rotting

I swear we'll sister up the joists

Two sets of hands, hell, maybe more

The foundation starts to sink

And there's no one left who knows just what it needs