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Introduction: G D/F# Em D
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The parking lot behind Oasis Tan,
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down the street from the Mexican
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restaurant behind the AutoZone,
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and the place that's hawking payday loans,
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there's a K-Mart and a KFC,
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Fitness Center and an Applebee's.
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Wells Fargo and a Taco John's,
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Good Time Bar to get your bad swerve on.
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In a town that's named for razor blades,
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"All American", but Chinese-made.
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Folks working hard for shrinking pay,
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21st Century USA.
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Out I-90 we might see you pass.
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We got coal and methane gas,
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we got jobs where the work is hard,
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and stores to max out your credit cards.
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In a town that ain't nowhere near,
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just like every town everywhere,
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folks working hard for shrinking pay.
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You say we have to hang on just a little bit longer
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and the Savior will come our way.
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We'll know him by the neon sign
D A
and the opulence he maintains.
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If Amazon can deliver salvation
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I'll order it up on my phone.
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With Big Brother watching me always
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why must I always feel so alone?
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Men working hard for not enough at best,
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women working just as hard for less.
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They get together late at night at bars
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and bang each other like crashing cars.
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Working hard, but it don't seem enough,
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calloused hearts make even love seem tough.
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Prescription pills to make the pain hurt less
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until your calloused heart just needs a rest.
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Look at your children and you hope and pray
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they can conjure up a better day.
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No one remembers how it got that way.
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21st Century USA.
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21st Century USA.