Blue Collar

I been down in
Pennsylvania,
Where I was working in the mine.
And I been down in
Cincinnati;
They laid me off the assembly line.
Yeah, they got me looking everywhere,
But I ain't too proud of what
I found. And you can't name where
I ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place
I ain't been down.
I was down in
Kansas City,
Where even the blues sell by the pound
And I been down in
New York City, brother,
And that ain't no place to be down.
Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children;
You see, we're looking for a higher ground,
And you can't name where we ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place we ain't been down.
We fell down somewhere
Between the cities and the towns.
We went down,
I know, Between the smiles and the frowns.
And if they call me in the morning,
I mean, I'd recognize the sound, '
Cause you can't name where we ain't been down.
There ain't no place we ain't been down.
Standing in the shadows
It sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain.
I see the steel-gray clouds above me
Yeah, well the anguish and the pain.
Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace,
But I swear, there just ain't none around.
But you can't name where
I ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place
I ain't been down.
We been down
Between the cities and the towns.
Yeah, been down somewhere
Between the smiles and the frowns.
And if they call me in the morning,
I mean, I'd recognize the sound, '
Cause you can't name where
I ain't been down.
There ain't no place
I ain't been down.