That's What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby
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โฑ๏ธ 3:22 duration
๐ ID: 11086
๐ Lyrics
Hush little baby, don't you cry
Please don't mind the screaming
From the man in the alley on the small of his back
The police man's knee is kneelin'
I'll tell you an open secret, child
Not everyone is knowin'
But if that little man ever left this place
You and I would soon be goin'
'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Your mama ain't rich, she's a music man
Your daddy, he's a painter
We took over the lease on this old house
From them whose hearts were fainter
'Cause we don't mind the painted ladies
With their weeping souls all swollen
And we don't mind that everyone we know
Has had their stereo stolen
'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
One fine morning you wake up to
Bulldozers and renovation
'Cause folks like your mom and dad
Are just shock troops of gentrification
For the single young professionals
Who find the neighbourhood hip and charming
But if they knew about the lady
Who got chopped up in the alley
They'd pro'bly find it alarming
And that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
That's what keeps the rent down, baby
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down low...
Please don't mind the screaming
From the man in the alley on the small of his back
The police man's knee is kneelin'
I'll tell you an open secret, child
Not everyone is knowin'
But if that little man ever left this place
You and I would soon be goin'
'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Your mama ain't rich, she's a music man
Your daddy, he's a painter
We took over the lease on this old house
From them whose hearts were fainter
'Cause we don't mind the painted ladies
With their weeping souls all swollen
And we don't mind that everyone we know
Has had their stereo stolen
'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
One fine morning you wake up to
Bulldozers and renovation
'Cause folks like your mom and dad
Are just shock troops of gentrification
For the single young professionals
Who find the neighbourhood hip and charming
But if they knew about the lady
Who got chopped up in the alley
They'd pro'bly find it alarming
And that's what keeps the rent down, baby
That's what keeps the rent down low
That's what keeps the rent down, baby
Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down low...
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:08.42] Hush little baby, don't you cry
[00:12.74] Please don't mind the screaming
[00:16.74] From the man in the alley on the small of his back
[00:20.91] The police man's knee is kneelin'
[00:25.65] I'll tell you an open secret, child
[00:29.58] Not everyone is knowin'
[00:33.93] But if that little man ever left this place
[00:38.27] You and I would soon be goin'
[00:42.95] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[00:47.39] That's what keeps the rent down low
[00:51.22] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[00:55.76] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:03.27] Your mama ain't rich, she's a music man
[01:07.55] Your daddy, he's a painter
[01:11.46] We took over the lease on this old house
[01:16.20] From them whose hearts were fainter
[01:20.37] 'Cause we don't mind the painted ladies
[01:23.93] With their weeping souls all swollen
[01:29.10] And we don't mind that everyone we know
[01:33.37] Has had their stereo stolen
[01:37.65] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[01:42.32] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:46.40] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[01:50.85] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:56.64]
[02:18.51] One fine morning you wake up to
[02:22.47] Bulldozers and renovation
[02:27.12] 'Cause folks like your mom and dad
[02:30.36] Are just shock troops of gentrification
[02:35.68] For the single young professionals
[02:39.69] Who find the neighbourhood hip and charming
[02:44.07] But if they knew about the lady
[02:46.20] Who got chopped up in the alley
[02:51.03] They'd pro'bly find it alarming
[02:55.41] And that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[02:59.81] That's what keeps the rent down low
[03:04.08] That's what keeps the rent down, baby
[03:08.20] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down low...
[03:12.90]
[00:12.74] Please don't mind the screaming
[00:16.74] From the man in the alley on the small of his back
[00:20.91] The police man's knee is kneelin'
[00:25.65] I'll tell you an open secret, child
[00:29.58] Not everyone is knowin'
[00:33.93] But if that little man ever left this place
[00:38.27] You and I would soon be goin'
[00:42.95] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[00:47.39] That's what keeps the rent down low
[00:51.22] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[00:55.76] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:03.27] Your mama ain't rich, she's a music man
[01:07.55] Your daddy, he's a painter
[01:11.46] We took over the lease on this old house
[01:16.20] From them whose hearts were fainter
[01:20.37] 'Cause we don't mind the painted ladies
[01:23.93] With their weeping souls all swollen
[01:29.10] And we don't mind that everyone we know
[01:33.37] Has had their stereo stolen
[01:37.65] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[01:42.32] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:46.40] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[01:50.85] That's what keeps the rent down low
[01:56.64]
[02:18.51] One fine morning you wake up to
[02:22.47] Bulldozers and renovation
[02:27.12] 'Cause folks like your mom and dad
[02:30.36] Are just shock troops of gentrification
[02:35.68] For the single young professionals
[02:39.69] Who find the neighbourhood hip and charming
[02:44.07] But if they knew about the lady
[02:46.20] Who got chopped up in the alley
[02:51.03] They'd pro'bly find it alarming
[02:55.41] And that's what keeps the rent down, baby
[02:59.81] That's what keeps the rent down low
[03:04.08] That's what keeps the rent down, baby
[03:08.20] Yeah, that's what keeps the rent down low...
[03:12.90]