Been walking this mall for 25 years,
Watched the people come and go,
Store fronts closed, businesses dark,
And the roof is starting to bow
I follow the faded, broken signs,
That mark the miles in tenths,
Can’t even attract porn shops here,
With drastically lowered rents
But I get my daily exercise,
While avoiding warps in the floors,
With menacing gangs around me,
Pimping the local crack whores
I used to feel so safe here,
When families were standard fare,
But now it’s one big shit hole,
And pot smoke fills the air
And I get so tired of the comments,
Perpetrators of deicide,
From all the hip-hop wannabes,
Flashing finger signs
I just wanted a peaceful existence,
To enjoy my twilight years,
But it’s all fallen down around me,
And now I live in fear
But I won’t go down silently,
They won’t take my mall away,
To simply walk in solitude,
And no longer feel afraid
Screw all you sonsabitches,
You won’t make me run,
‘Cause underneath my jacket,
I silently caress my gun
