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Why can't ^Gevery city be Portland Why can't ^Ceverywhere be like here It's the ^Dplace that I like,

All the folks unicycle

They're ^Gcarrying bottles of beer

Why can't ^Gevery city be PDX Where we're ^Cnot unemployed; we've got our own projects We're ^Dkeepin' it weird

And every guy with a beard

Has a ^Gfew pairs of horn-rimmed specs

It's ^Bnot our original home sweet home, But we ^Emdo like the Romans,

'Cause we're sort of in Rome

We ^Abike in the lane Treating cars with disdain, And pretend we don't know that it ^Dalways rains

Why can't ^Gevery city be Portland Where the ^Cirony is big as our trees It's no ^Dlonger intriguin'

That everyone's vegan

And ^Gnobody owns a TV

Why can't ^Gevery space be Portlandia's place Where ^Ceven the lawyers are pierced on their face Where we'll ^Dall DIY

Till the day that we die

And we ^Glive at a comfortable pace

It's ^Bnot our original home sweet home, But we ^Emdo like the Romans,

'Cause we're sort of in Rome

If you've got ^Akombucha, we'll try it If it's on Craigslist, we'll buy it And if you find a new neighborhood, we'll ^Dgentrify it

Why can't ^Gevery city be Portland Where we ^Cdon't know how lucky we are We buy ^Dbooze without tax

And we hop on the MAX

For a ^Gcheap ride down to the bar

Why can't ^Gevery old stone be this temperate zone Where our ^Cfuture as grown-ups is sort of postponed We might ^Dmove to L.A.

Or Seattle someday

But ^Cfirst we've got to pay off our ^Gstudent loans

The Doubleclicks - Why cant every city be portland