Detroit 442 (2001 Digital Remaster)

John Rich - Shuttin' Detroit Down

My daddy taught me

In this county everyone's the same

You work hard for your dollar

And you never pass the blame

When it don't go your way

Now I see all these big shots

Whining on my evening news

About how their losing billions

And it's up to me and you

To come running to the rescue

Well pardon me if I don't she'd a tear

Cuz they're selling make believe

And we don't buy that here

Because in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

While the boss man takes his

Bonus pay and jets on outta town

DC's paying out the banker

As the farmers auction ground

And while their living up on Wall Street

In that New York City town

Here in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

Here in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

Well that old mans been working

Hard in that plant most all his life

And now his pension plans

Been cut in half and

He can't afford to dye

And it's a crying shame

Cuz he ain't the one to blame

When I look down and see his callused hands

Well let me tell you friend

It gets me fighting mad

Because in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

While the boss man takes his

Bonus pay and jets on outta town

DC's paying out the banker

As the farmers auction ground

And while their living up on Wall Street

In that New York City town

Here in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

And while their living up on Wall Street

In that New York City town

Here in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

Here in the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

In the real world they're

Shutting Detroit down

They're shutting Detroit down