🎵 We Don’t Need Another Tower 🎵
(performance version – spoken + sung hybrid)
Inspired by Tina Turner
[Soft intro – spoken, slow]
Back in the day…
you could see the mountains…
clear…
A little rain…
a little ocean…
and it felt like home…
[Verse 1 – gentle, building]
Back in the day we could still see the mountains clear,
Rain on the seawall, the ocean felt so near 🌧️🌊
Now every season there’s another tower rise,
Stealing the sunset right out of our skies 🌇
[Pre-Chorus – sharper tone]
Another hearing… another plan…
Another promise from the money clan 💼
“Luxury living! World-class views!”
While we just scroll… and read the news 📰
[Chorus – strong, emotional]
We don’t need another tower! 🎤🏙️
We don’t need another shadow at rush hour!
All we want is somewhere we can live,
Not just something built to sell and flip!
We don’t need another tower…
No—we don’t need another tower…
[Verse 2 – a bit faster, more bite]
The cranes keep dancing in the cloudy sky,
Condos so high they wave to planes that fly ✈️
“Urban vision,” yeah that’s what they say,
But where do real people live and stay?
[Break – spoken, direct to audience]
Artists?
Gone.
Families?
Pushed out.
Workers?
Commuting hours… just to survive.
So who…
is this city actually for?
[Bridge – slow, emotional]
Oh Vancouver… city of glass and rain…
How many towers can you stack again? 🤔
The mountains whisper through the misty air…
“Leave… a little sunlight… somewhere…” 🌲
[Final Chorus – biggest moment]
We don’t need another tower! 🎶
Give us homes… not just investor power 💸
Let the skyline breathe a little too,
So the city still feels a bit like you…
[Outro – soft, almost like a lullaby]
We don’t need another tower…
We just need to find our way home 🏡
All we want…
is a tiny home…
[Children’s echo – optional group or recording]
“We don’t need another tower…”
“We just need to know the way home…”
[Final line – spoken, quiet]
Do you remember…
when this place… felt like home?
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