My daddy taught me in this country everyone's the same
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You work hard for your dollar and you never pass the blame
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When it don't go your way
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Now I see all these big shots whining on my evening news
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About how they're losing billions and it's up to me and you
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To come running to the rescue
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Well, pardon me if I don't shed a tear
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They're selling make believe and we don't buy that here
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Because in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town
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DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
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Yeah, while they're living up on Wall Street in that New York City town
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Here in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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Here in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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Well that old man's been working in that plant most all his life
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Now his pension plan's been cut in half and he can't afford to die
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And it's a crying shame, 'cause he ain't the one to blame
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When I looked down to see his calloused hands
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Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin mad
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'Cause in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town
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DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
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Yeah, while there living up on Wall Street in that New York City town
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Here in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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Yeah while they're living up on Wall Street in that New York City town
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Here in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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Here in the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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In the real world they're shuttin Detroit down
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They're shuttin Detroit down
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Shuttin' Detroit Down
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| John Rich |
