| 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 | |
| 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 she'd a tear | |
| Cuz they're selling make believe | |
| And we don't buy that here | |
| Because in the real world they're | |
| Shutting Detroit down | |
| While the boss man takes his | |
| Bonus pay and jets on outta town | |
| DC's paying out the banker | |
| As the farmers auction ground | |
| And while their living 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 mans been working | |
| Hard in that plant most all his life | |
| And now his pension plans | |
| Been cut in half and | |
| He can't afford to dye | |
| And it's a crying shame | |
| Cuz he ain't the one to blame | |
| When I look down and see his callused hands | |
| Well let me tell you friend | |
| It gets me fighting mad | |
| Because in the real world they're | |
| Shutting Detroit down | |
| While the boss man takes his | |
| Bonus pay and jets on outta town | |
| DC's paying out the banker | |
| As the farmers auction ground | |
| And while their living up on Wall Street | |
| In that New York City town | |
| Here in the real world they're | |
| Shutting Detroit down | |
| And while their living 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 | |
| In the real world they're | |
| Shutting Detroit down | |
| They're shutting Detroit down |