Sheryl Crow › Lyrics › There Goes the Neighborhood

Hey let's party, let's get down, let's turn the radio on
This is the meltdown
Get out the camera, take a picture
The drag queens and the freaks are all out on the town
And cowboy Jane's in bed
Nursing a swollen head

Sunshine Sally and Peter Ustinov
Don't like the scene anyhow
I dropped acid on a Saturday night
Just to see what the fuss was about
Now there goes the neighborhood

The photo chick made to look sickly
Is standing in her panties in the shower
She plays the guitar in the bathroom
While the police dust her mother's plastic flowers
And Schoolboy John's in jail
Making a killing through the U.S. mail

Sunshine Sally and Peter Ustinov
Don't like the scene anyhow
I dropped acid on a Saturday night
Just to see what the fuss was about
There goes the neighborhood
Now, there goes the neighborhood

This is the movie of the screenplay of the book
About a girl who meets a junkie
The messenger gets shot down
Just for carrying the message to a flunky

We can't be certain who the villains are
'Cuz everyone's so pretty
But the after party's sure to be a wing-ding
As it moves into your city

Sunshine Sally and Peter Ustinov
Don't like the scene anyhow
I dropped acid on a Saturday night
Just to see what the stink was about

Sunshine Sally and Peter Ustinov
Don't like the scene anyhow
I dropped acid on a Saturday night
Just to see what the fuss was about
There goes the neighborhood
Now, there goes the neighborhood