Sunday Song Lyric:

Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve moved to the suburbs. After thirty-plus years of city life (which, I admit, I still prefer in many respects), Redheadlaw7, the Ellster and I are now settling in a mid-sized neo-colonial house in northeast Ohio. This is truly suburban life, complete with homeowners association and wetlands in the back yard.

As this is my first blog post from our home, I figured it was appropriate to post a song lyric that reflects the situation. For this purpose, nothing could be better than Ben Folds’ “Rockin’ the Suburbs” as re-recorded for the Dreamworks movie Over the Hedge.

Here are the lyrics (minus the mid-song William Shatner rant, available here):

Let me tell y’all what it’s like
Watching idol on a friday night
In a house built safe and sound
On indian burial ground
Sham On

We drive our cars everyday
To and from work both ways
So we make just enough to pay
To drive our cars to work each day

We’re rocking the suburbs
Around the block just one more time
We’re rocking the suburbs
Cause I can’t tell which house is mine
We’re rocking the suburbs
We part the shades and face facts
They got better looking Fescue
Right across the cul de sac

Hotwheels take rising stars
Get rich quick seminars
Soap opera magazines
40,000 watt nativity scenes
Don’t freak about the smoke alarm
Mom left the TV dinner on

Yet we’re rocking the suburbs
From family feud to Chevy Chase
We’re rocking the suburbs
We numb the muscles in our face
We’re rocking the suburbs
Feed the dog and mow the lawn
Watching mommy balance the checks
While daddy juggles credit cards

We’re rocking the suburbs
Everything we need is here
We’re rocking the suburbs
But it wasn’t here last year
We’re rocking the suburbs
You’ll never know when we are gone
Because the timer lights come on
And turn the cricket noises on each night
Yeah, yeah, we’re rocking the suburbs
Yeah, yeah, we’re rocking the suburbs

Ben Folds himself talks about recording this and several other songs for Over the Hedge here. For more blog commentary, see here. For the song’s original lyrics, see here.