Nueva Broadway (They Don't Smoke) - Buster Poindexter

I can’t believe the things I see on Broadway today

The ladies of the evening are going away

Disney’s built a fortress in the heart of Times Square

The most wholesome people will soon be there

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

Hubert had his circus on Forty-Second street

The most fabulous freaks you’d ever want to meet

To us that emporium was built on hallowed ground

But the city fathers shut it down

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

No more raunch, no more sleeze

Not even one old time polite striptease

They don’t rob, they don’t steal

And they confuse that Batman’s car with a pimpmobile

They don’t curse, they don’t swear

And on Sunday mornings they are lost in prayer

They don’t lie, they don’t cheat

They’re Christian soldiers and they’re marching down our street

Grant’s was the best bar I was ever in

The center of the universe, a cauldron of sin

Sure sometimes when the lights went out, someone would get shot

That’s no reason to bring back Camelot

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

They don’t smoke.

They don’t drink

They’ll turn this town into a mall

And I don’t know what to think

In the golden days of yore

Grayline would take them on a tour

It was them, it was us

But at least they would remain upon the bus

They say thanks, they say please

And they cover up their noses when they sneeze

They have jobs, no welfare

They don’t even know the meaning of despair

They don’t shout, they don’t spit

There aren’t many crimes they’re willing to commit

They don’t pack guns, they don’t pull knives

I don’t know how these people think they will survive