The Greatest Story Never Told

(album: Bigger Hands - 2009)

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
They say 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
But 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 shutting Detroit down
Here in the real world they're shutting 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

And when I look down and see those calloused hands
Well, let me tell you friend it makes me fighting mad

Here 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 shutting Detroit down

In the real world they're shutting Detroit down
While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
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 shutting Detroit down
In the real world they're shutting Detroit down
In the real world they're shutting Detroit down