Shutting Down Our Town

This used to be a place where a man could find some work

Put together Holdens or a foundry job at worst

I can hear the noises coming from the Karawara deep into the night

The roads were filled with kids playing after dark

Sent to get their fathers who were sitting at the bar

Eat, sleep, work, drink, that's all they ever did

Oh, they're shuttin' down our town

They're cuttin' down our town

No more production line blue collar can be found

They'll tear it to the ground

They're shuttin' down our town

Oh, they're shuttin' down our town

I started raising hell before I came of age

Running from my past with clenched fists of rage

And I fought my way through every other day, never looking back

Oh, and everything I knew was back there on those streets

Every lesson learned kept me on my feet

But I can't help thinkin' of the ones I left behind

Oh, they're shuttin' down our town

They're cuttin' down our town

No more production line blue collar can be found

They'll tear it to the ground

They're shuttin' down our town

Oh, they're shuttin' down our town

Oh they're shuttin' down our town

They're tearing out its heart

It wasn't much to look at from the very start

Herded all together

From many different lands

The old folks sit around

While they're shuttin' down our town

Wo, whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh

Yeah, they're shuttin' down our town

Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh

They're shuttin' down our town

And I finally came back home, found some peace at last

Was time to stop runnin' from the demons of my past

Some that I remember but the rest are changing way too fast

Yeah, they're shuttin' down our town

They're cuttin' down our town

No more production line blue collar can be found

They'll tear it to the ground

They're shuttin' down our town

Oh, they're shuttin' down our town

They're shuttin' down our town

You know they'll tear it to the ground

Yeah they're shuttin' down our town

Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh

They'll tear it to the ground

Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh

They're shuttin' down our town

Yeah, they're shuttin' down our town