Black History Month Metric

[Verse 1]
Can you remember a time when this city was
A great place for architects and dilettantes?
A nice place for midwives and crossing guards?
And on and on

[Chorus]
Hold on, hold on, children
Your mother and father are leaving

Hold on, hold on, children
Your mother and father are leaving, leaving

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Do you remember a time when this pool was
A great place for water-wings and cannonballs?
A nice place for astrologists and blow-up dolls?
And on and on and on and on

[Chorus]
Hold on, hold on, children
Your mother and father are leaving

Hold on, hold on, children
You best friend's parents are leaving, leaving