MC Dev Art Riordan - Rackrentland

Get down, gonna lead you by the hand
All around the streets of Rackrentland
Where housing supply can't meet demand
And the landlords have complete command
See the view down Rackrent Avenue
Where the markets do what the markets do
Which is turn the screw for the rent to rise
To incentivise private enterprise
And in the rarefied air of Rackrent Square
Hear the property developers all declare
Better make way for the future, let's prepare
For nineteenth century laissez-faire
In Rackrentland

Rackrentland, you know the way
Your rent goes up, but not your pay
Try to get by, but that won't fly
Try to get by, the rent's too high
Try to get by until one day
You can't afford to move
Can't afford to stay
In Rackrentland.

On Rackrent Road where there's back rent owed
They'll be stacked and stowed in a packed abode
On Rackrent Heights and Rackrent Rise
See the lights go out in the renters' eyes
Because the going rate is never up for debate
Demand is high, supply is late
The state complies when the markets dictate
Why? We can only speculate
In Rackrentland

Rackrentland, you know the way
Your rent goes up, but not your pay
Try to get by, but that won't fly
Try to get by, the rent's too high
Try to get by until one day
You can't afford to move
Can't afford to stay
In Rackrentland

We have to cherish all the children equally
Nobody here is going to get to ride for free
Sponging off of everyone else's industry
Unless you happen to be a landlord, obviously
We have to leave the market to its own devices
Housing crisis? What housing crisis?
Somebody has to make these sacrifices
For the sake of rocketing property prices
In Rackrentland

Rackrentland, you know the way
Your rent goes up, but not your pay
Try to get by, but that won't fly
Try to get by, the rent's too high
Try to get by until that day
You can't afford to move
Can't afford to stay
In Rackrentland

The squireen wants your bank details
Your fingerprints, your fingernails
And on each gale day the lease entails
A pound of flesh, you pay for the scales
The walks close in a little more each year
But our duty is clear, we have to not interfere
Because the property market has moved up a gear
And we can't waste housing on the homeless here
In Rackrenand

Written by:
Arthur Riordan

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