Shuttin' Detroit Down - John Rich

My daddy taught me in this country 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 they’re losing billions and it’s up to me and you

To come running to the rescue

Well, pardon me if I don’t shed a tear

They’re selling make believe and we don’t buy that here

Because in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town

DC’s bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground

Yeah, while they’re living up on Wall Street in that New York City town

Here in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

Here in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

Well that old man’s been working in that plant most all his life

Now his pension plan’s been cut in half and he can’t afford to die

And it’s a crying shame, 'cause he ain’t the one to blame

When I looked down to see his calloused hands

Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin mad

'Cause in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town

DC’s bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground

Yeah, while there living up on Wall Street in that New York City town

Here in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

Yeah while they’re living up on Wall Street in that New York City town

Here in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

Here in the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

In the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down

They’re shuttin Detroit down