We stood around a talkin' 'bout the good old days gone by And how they're changin' round the town and someone wondered why They say they're keepin' up now So they don't fall behind But everything they're buildin' up now It's tearin' down my mind, oh yeah Then someone said, let me take you down and show you what they've down To brighten up they're tearin' down the place where I was young They say they're keepin' up now So they don't fall behind But everything they're buildin' up now It's tearin' down my mind, oh yeah It's tearin' down my mind, oh yeah All the nights by a dying fire Eatin' fish we had to buy Just talkin' 'bout those old times Is tearin' down my mind, oh yeah Is tearin' down my mind, oh yeah Everything they're buildin' up It's tearin' down my mind, oh yeah Everything they're buildin' up It's tearin' down my mind, oh yeah Everything everything everything everything everything they're buildin' up It's tearin' down my mind Everything everything everything everything everything they're buildin' up It's tearin' down my mind (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah) They tryna keep from falling behind (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah) But while they're buildin' up Yeah, tearin' down my mind (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah) Tearin' down my mind (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah) (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah) (Tearin' down my mind, oh yeah)