Karaoké 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 their 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

'Cos they're selling make believe and we don't buy that here

'Cos in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down

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

And 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 'cos he ain't the one to blame

And when I looked down to see his calloused hands

Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin' mad

'Cos in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down

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

And 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

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