Rust Belt Blues

I got the rust belt blues

(keep your hat, your hat on na)

You seen my riches turned to rags

(It's in the wind just like a song)

And I don't mind a little lyin’

(If it will keep my dignity)

But they keep up all that talkin’

I got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

Got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

Well they took my job

(Workin’ down at the factory)

Now I been waiting here so long

(since 1983)

So can you stop with all that talkin’

(It's like a 3rd world countaree)

And your hope is just like posion

I got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

I got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

When they gonna take me, seriously

When they goin’ to listen to what I have to say

I ain’t just another ball and jack

I got a reason to live

And I want it back

A slow wind is burnin;

(See the flame from my cigarette)

And I miss my daughter

(The town’s gone, ain’t coming back)

So I drink my poison

(It’s all I have, all I got left)

And we don't make things anymore

I got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

Got the rust belt blues

Oh ya

Have you seen Rock Island

The wind could carry it away

Have you seen Youngstown, talkin’ ‘bout Youngtown, PA

Have you seen Danville, Danville Virginia? Dayton Ohio. Bruceton, Tennessee!

How would you like it if they just gave your job away?

I I got the rust belt blues

I got the rust belt blues

I got the rust belt blues