Night Birds - Left in the Middle lyrics

We're all so polarized
Cleft in two by a giant divide
And there's nowhere left to go
Now we'll accept nothing less
Than the one percent and the penniless
You call that fair, but it's just for show

And now there's no one left in the middle
No more white picket status quo
Because there's no one left in the middle
Our brave new world's a big ghetto

There's two sets of rules
No hard time for billion dollar fools
Tight cuffs if you piss in the street
Don't have the time or place
For regular schmucks trying to
Keep up the pace
You're either empty handed or you're elite

And now there's no one left in the middle
No more white picket status quo
Because there's no one left in the middle
Our brave new world's a big ghetto
And now there's no one left in the middle
No one who owns, just those who owe
Because there's no one left in the middle
Our new normal's a notch below

And the select few become the select fewer
Nothing left but a sewer

And now there's no one left in the middle
No more white picket status quo
Because there's no one left in the middle
Our brave new world's a big ghetto
'Cause there's no one left in the middle
No more white picket status quo
Now there's no one left in the middle
Our brave new world's a big ghetto