What Have They Done to My Town Songtext

von Neil Sedaka

What have they done to my town,
Is this the place I used to know?
No friendly faces as I look around,
I guess they moved out long ago.
What have they done to my town,
Where are the fields I used to run?
It seems they've covered every piece of ground
With buildings oh so high they hide the sun.

And there's a freeway where the playground used to be,
The park has gone, my God, they haven't left a tree,
The birds have flown away, they had no place to fly,
And the seven forty sevens took away the sky.

What have they done to my town?
The world has changed before my eyes.
I just don't know the streets I wander down,
It's just the names I recognise.
I guess I stayed away too long,
Perhaps my coming back was wrong.
I'm just a stranger with a memory,
So it makes no sense to hang around.

And there's a freeway where the playground used to be,
The park has gone, my God, they haven't left a tree,
The birds have flown away, they had no place to fly,
And the seven forty sevens took away the sky.

And there's a freeway where the playground used to be,
The park has gone, my God, they haven't left a tree,
The birds have flown away, they had no place to fly,
And the seven forty sevens took away the sky.

What have they done to my town,
(What have they done)
What have they done to my town,
(What have they done)
What have they done to my town,
(What have they done)
What have they done to my town,
(What have they done)
What have they done to my town.
(What have they done)