text: There was a wonderful structure to the city
  And it put my cares to rest
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Takin inventory of his life
  Seein snapshots chronologically in line
  Something told him he should look around and tidy up
  He collected many things but never quite enough
  Tried lookin at it from a new perspective
  Flat on his back but he still heard the directive
  Orders from that corner where that shadow always lived
  Never asked permission, he just hopes that they forgive
  I dont want to go like this 
  At least let me clean my room
  I dont want to leave like this 
  Cause the last thing I want to do is
  Make my people make decisions, wonderin what to do, oh
  Should they keep it on display
  Or redecorate?
  Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like it
  Shes not afraid of her reflection
  But of what she might see behind it
  She had plans to change her name, yeah
  Just not the traditional way, yeah
  Haunted by a couple big mistakes
  She covers all the dents with the way she decorates
  Then one night, she got cold with no blankets on her bed
  So she ripped them off the mirror, stepped back and she said
  I dont want to go like this 
  At least let me clean my room
  I dont want to leave like this 
  Cause the last thing I want to do is
  Make my people make decisions, wonderin what to do, oh
  Should they keep it on display
  Or redecorate?
  With the bells and the whistles scaled back
  Like an isolated track
  And he feels trapped when hes not inebriated
  Fair to say hes fairly sedated most days of the week
  He might have made it if he lived on a different street
  I repeat, scaled back and isolated
  He says he likes an open schedule, but he mostly hates it
  If youre running to his room, take a breath before you break in
  Put your ear up to the door, tell me, can you hear him saying?
  I dont want to go like this
  At least let me clean my room
  I dont want to leave like this
  Cause the last thing I want to do is
  Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
  Should they keep it on display
  Or redecorate?
  I dont want to go like this 
  At least let me clean my room 
  I dont want to leave like this 
  Cause the last thing I want to do is 
  Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
  Should they keep it on display 
  Or redecorate?
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Or redecorate?
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  Or redecorate?