There's a Starbucks (Where the Starbucks Used to Be) Songtext
von John Wesley Harding

There′s a freeway where we played football in the fields
Apartments on the pitch at Highbury
There's a shed called Deer Creek
Of which my one critique
Is there′s no creek now and it's all deer-free

There's a Walgreens where there was no wall, just greenery
There′s a theme park in a palace in Tennessee
That tree there is a pylon
But some things you can rely on
There′s a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be

There's a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be
There′s a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be
There's a hard luck story everywhere you look
But oh the glory!
There′s a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be


There's a stadium where we used to drink at Freddie′s
For a team that no one likes or wants or needs
Said they'd revitalize the place
There's a million parking spaces
Maybe bedrooms for the homeless refugees

There′s a chain store where mom and pop once prospered
They′re divorced now and they live in penury
Kids grown up and moved away
I hear that happens anyway
There's a Starbucks where they live, I guarantee

There′s a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be
There's a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be
There′s a hard luck story everywhere you look
But oh the glory!
There's a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be

And I miss the old Starbucks
Though the new one′s just the same
It's got coffee and CDs
It's got the same name
In fact, I wouldn′t′ve even noticed
If you hadn't told me
There′s a Starbucks where the Starbucks used to be