They’re Shuttin’ Detroit Down

America, in 2009 had a problem:
Too many conversations that went like this:

The Boss Man: “Big John, you’ve been here a long time,
it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, buddy -
I’ve got to let you go”

John: “It’s going to be hard to tell Evelyn -

I’ve been here 30 years”

Kris Kristofferson – 73 (June 22, 1936)
Mickey Rourke – 56 (September 16, 1953)
John Rich – 35 (January 7, 1974)

Were *you* born between June 1936 and January 1974?
Maybe you’re even older, or perhaps younger.
Maybe something similar has happened to you.

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John Rich – Shuttin’ Detroit Down

My daddy taught me in this county 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 whinin’ on my evening news
About how they’re losin’ 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

Cause in the real world they’re shutting 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

Yeah 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

Well that old man’s been workin’ in that plant most all of 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 and see his calloused hands
Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin’ mad

Cause in the real world they’re shutting Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets out of town
And DC’s bailing out the bankers as the farmers auction ground

Yeah 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
Yeah while there’ living itup on Wall Street in that New York City town

Here in the real world they’re shuttin’ Detroit down
Here in the real world thçy’re shuttin’ Detroit down

In the real world they’re shuttin Detroit down
They’re shuttin’ Detroit down