strangers in my back yard
selling you beliefs
danger in my empire

trouble on the streets

and I don't want to modernize

and I don't want to rearrange
I don't want to fix up
and I don't want to change


hold on to the things that you love
hold on to the things that you love

hold on

danger in the papers

danger in the magazines
sell you ideas
sell you false dreams


and I don't want to modernize
and I don't want to rearrange

I don't want to fix up
and I don't want to change


hold on to the things you can feel
hold on to the things that are real
hold on


strangers in my back yard
selling you beliefs

danger in my empire
trouble on the streets


and I don't want to modernize
and I don't want to change
I don't want to fix up

I don't want to rearrange

hold on to the things you can feel

hold on to the things that are real
hold on to the things that you love
hold on to the things that you love


hold on to the things you believe
hold on to the things that you see

hold on to the one that you love
hold on to the one that you love