Shuttin’ Detroit Down Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
Cause they're selling make-believe
And we don't buy that here
[Chorus]
Cause in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
And DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
While they're living it 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
[Verse 2]
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 look down to see his calloused hands
Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin' mad
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
Cause they're selling make-believe
And we don't buy that here
[Chorus]
Cause in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
And DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
While they're living it 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
[Verse 2]
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 look down to see his calloused hands
Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin' mad
[Chorus]
Because in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
And DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
While they're living it up on Wall Street in that New York City town
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While they're living it 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
Because in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
And DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
While they're living it up on Wall Street in that New York City town
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While they're living it 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
About
Genius Annotation
Apparently written in one hour after John Rich (of Big & Rich fame) watched the news, ‘Shuttin’ Detroit Down' is a current-affairs song released in January 2009. In it, Rich expresses his feelings about the government’s bailout priorities in classic country form.
The music video for ‘Shuttin’ Detroit Down' (attached) features Kris Kristofferson as an aging auto worker who’s about to be laid off, and Mickey Rourke as the younger employee who is powerless to do anything to help Kris as the effects of his unemployment start to hit home.
Unsurprisingly, the song did well in Michigan.
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