PJ Harvey - The Community of Hope lyrics

They took one of the
Old notorious housing projects
And they leveled it
And rebuilt it as "Mixed Income
Housing" it's called "Hope Six
" and it's supposed to sort of rejuvenate
Everything it certainly looks a lot better

Here's the Hope Six Demolition Project
Stretching down to Benning Road
A well-known pathway of death
At least that's what I'm told
And here's the one sit down restaurant
In Ward Seven, nice
Okay, now this is just drug town
Just zombies, but that's just life

In the Community of Hope
The Community of Hope the Community of Hope
The Community of Hope, hope, hope, hope

Here's the highway to death and destruction
South Capitol is it's name
And the school just looks like a shithole
Does that look like a nice place?
Here's the old mental institution
Now the Homeland Security Base
And here's God's Deliverance Centre
A deli called MLK

In the Community of Hope
The Community of Hope the Community of Hope
The Community of Hope, hope, hope, hope

They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here