Pull the Damn Thing Down Songtext
von John Miles

Pull the damn thing down
We′re gonna build a highway
And either side, we'll beautify
With concrete reaching to the sky
Pull the damn thing down
Soon you won′t remember
As all the people turn their backs
On cobblestones and chimney stacks
Pull the damn thing down

They're gonna pull his house down
They say that it's a slum
No thought for people′s feelings
′Cause progress has to come
The home he's had for sixty years
Is standing in their way
So they′ll find an institution
Where he'll spend his lonely days


Pull the damn thing down
We′re gonna build a highway
And either side, we'll beautify
With concrete reaching to the sky
Pull the damn thing down
Soon you won′t remember
As all the people turn their backs
On cobblestones and chimney stacks
Pull the damn thing down

He's back home for the first time
In nearly twenty years
With money and position
And a wife in mink and furs
The places that he used to know
Before he broke the ties
Are all multi-story car parks
And he can't believe his eyes

Pull the damn thing down
We′re gonna build a highway
And either side, we′ll beautify
With concrete reaching to the sky
Pull the damn thing down
Soon you won't remember
As all the people turn their backs
On cobblestones and chimney stacks
Pull the damn thing down


People don′t want changes
To keep up with the times
Securing their surroundings
And leading quiet lives
And then the man from London town
Decides to rearrange
And the place that they remember
Will just never be the same

Pull the damn thing down
We're gonna build a highway
And either side, we′ll beautify
With concrete reaching to the sky
Pull the damn thing down
Soon you won't remember
As all the people turn their backs
On cobblestones and chimney stacks
Pull the damn thing down