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