They don't need you around here anymore
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They made all their money now they're closing up the door
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You should feel lucky that you've had a job for so long
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They say you should have saved while you were still working so suck it up and be strong
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They asked you to take a 12% reduction in pay
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You said that you would do it but then they closed down anyway
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Their 7 digit salaries never were at risk
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Although the company was in the red their bonuses were never affected
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So get the family together this is a holiday
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Put the burgers on the barbecue and pray it don't rain
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The tough times are over cause the bad times are here
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I pray we don't lose those I wish I could escape just drowning in my beer
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Never fear - Labor Day
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What they did was really bad, the way they did it even it worse
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Last week they said they weren't gonna close down and that's for sure
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You had no warning no way to prepare
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Always lived paycheck to paycheck how can you live if a paycheck is not there
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Just a message on the answering machine, a double lock on the door
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No concern for their workers, no respect or dignity for their work
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Not even the courtesy of a couple of weeks heads up
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The message on the answering machine "Happy holidays you have no job"
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There are no jobs left in this town at least none where you can raise your kids
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All the factories they left town, all the old man bars hopped up in their stead
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A couple beers and some friends can help you forget
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They know what you're going through every family in town has gone through it
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(and are still going through it)
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You hear about it so often you become desensitized
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Everyday 2,000 have been laid off and another 500 have been downsized
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Its thousands of families who have to find a way
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To survive another Labor Day
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Labor Day
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