We Can't Make It Here Lyrics
| Song | We Can't Make It Here |
| Artist | James McMurtry |
| Album | Childish Things |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
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| [00:05.70] | James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here |
| [00:17.31] | |
| [00:22.79] | |
| [00:24.58] | |
| [00:25.08] | Theres a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign |
| [00:27.92] | Sitting there by the left turn line |
| [00:30.80] | The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze |
| [00:34.04] | One leg missing and both hands free |
| [00:37.32] | |
| [00:40.51] | No ones paying much mind to him |
| [00:43.14] | The V.A. budgets just stretched so thin |
| [00:45.83] | And now theres more coming back from the Mideast war |
| [00:48.62] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [00:53.95] | |
| [00:56.54] | And that big ol building was the textile mill |
| [00:59.48] | That fed our kids and it paid our bills |
| [01:02.26] | But they turned us out and they closed the doors |
| [01:05.40] | 'Cause we cant make it here anymore |
| [01:12.86] | |
| [01:13.26] | You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock |
| [01:16.01] | Theyre just gonna sit there til they rot |
| [01:19.09] | Cause theres nothing to ship, nothing to pack |
| [01:22.23] | Just busted concrete and rusted tracks |
| [01:24.57] | |
| [01:25.76] | Empty storefronts around the square |
| [01:28.05] | Theres a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere |
| [01:31.04] | You dont come down here unless youre looking to score |
| [01:34.07] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [01:40.21] | |
| [01:47.82] | The bars still open but man its slow |
| [01:50.76] | The tip jars light and the registers low |
| [01:53.64] | The bartender dont have much to say |
| [01:56.34] | The regular crowd gets thinner each day |
| [01:58.68] | |
| [02:02.76] | Some have maxed out all their credit cards |
| [02:05.69] | Some are working two jobs and living in cars |
| [02:08.93] | Minimum wage wont pay for a roof, wont pay for a drink |
| [02:11.87] | If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. C.E.O. |
| [02:17.04] | See how far 5.15 an hour will go |
| [02:20.13] | Take a part time job at one your stores |
| [02:23.31] | I bet you cant make it here anymore |
| [02:54.94] | |
| [03:00.62] | And theres a high school girl with a bourgeois dream |
| [03:03.60] | Just like the pictures in the magazine |
| [03:06.40] | She found on the floor of the laundromat |
| [03:09.58] | A woman with kids can forget all that |
| [03:12.77] | |
| [03:13.42] | If she comes up pregnant whatll she do |
| [03:15.26] | Forget the career and forget about school |
| [03:18.09] | Can she live on faith? Live on hope? |
| [03:21.19] | High on Jesus or hooked on dope |
| [03:24.08] | When its way too late to just say no |
| [03:27.01] | You cant make it here anymore |
| [03:36.32] | |
| [03:46.08] | Now Im stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store |
| [03:49.02] | Just like the ones we made before |
| [03:51.61] | Cept this one came from Singapore |
| [03:54.19] | I guess we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:02.32] | |
| [04:04.36] | Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin |
| [04:06.15] | Or the shape of their eyes or the shape Im in |
| [04:08.74] | Should I hate em for having our jobs today |
| [04:10.93] | No I hate the men sent the jobs away |
| [04:16.40] | |
| [04:17.30] | I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams |
| [04:19.59] | All lily white and squeaky clean |
| [04:22.38] | Theyve never known want, theyll never know need |
| [04:25.32] | Their shit dont stink and their kids wont bleed |
| [04:28.30] | Their kids wont bleed in their damn little war |
| [04:31.39] | And we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:43.24] | |
| [04:49.30] | 啊啊啊哈啊啊啊哈啊哈啊哈 |
| [05:07.78] | Will I work for food, will I die for oil |
| [05:10.61] | Will kill for power and to us the spoils |
| [05:13.90] | The billionaires get to pay less tax |
| [05:16.16] | The working poor get to fall through the cracks |
| [05:21.03] | |
| [05:22.47] | So let em eat jellybeans let em eat cake |
| [05:24.87] | Let em eat shit, whatever it takes |
| [05:27.40] | They can join the Air Force or join the Corps |
| [05:30.49] | If they cant make it here anymore |
| [05:37.47] | |
| [05:49.81] | So thats how it is, thats what we got |
| [05:52.20] | If the president wants to admit it or not |
| [05:54.94] | You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall |
| [05:58.22] | Hear it on the wind if youre listening at all |
| [06:01.12] | Get out of that limo, look us in the eye |
| [06:03.75] | Call us on the cell phone tell us all why |
| [06:06.89] | |
| [06:07.64] | In Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine |
| [06:09.73] | Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains |
| [06:12.41] | Thats done closed down along with the school |
| [06:15.50] | And the hospital and the swimming pool |
| [06:19.08] | |
| [06:19.48] | Dust devils dance in the noonday heat |
| [06:21.52] | Theres rats in the alley and trash in the street |
| [06:24.12] | Gang graffiti on a boxcar door |
| [06:26.86] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [06:34.77] | |
| [06:37.86] | |
| [06:40.90] | |
| [06:42.74] | James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here |
| [06:45.53] | 网易音乐:听海浪叫的声音...专业歌词时间轴对不准 |
| [06:50.46] |
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| [00:05.70] | James McMurtry We Can' t Make It Here |
| [00:17.31] | |
| [00:22.79] | |
| [00:24.58] | |
| [00:25.08] | Theres a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign |
| [00:27.92] | Sitting there by the left turn line |
| [00:30.80] | The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze |
| [00:34.04] | One leg missing and both hands free |
| [00:37.32] | |
| [00:40.51] | No ones paying much mind to him |
| [00:43.14] | The V. A. budgets just stretched so thin |
| [00:45.83] | And now theres more coming back from the Mideast war |
| [00:48.62] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [00:53.95] | |
| [00:56.54] | And that big ol building was the textile mill |
| [00:59.48] | That fed our kids and it paid our bills |
| [01:02.26] | But they turned us out and they closed the doors |
| [01:05.40] | ' Cause we cant make it here anymore |
| [01:12.86] | |
| [01:13.26] | You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock |
| [01:16.01] | Theyre just gonna sit there til they rot |
| [01:19.09] | Cause theres nothing to ship, nothing to pack |
| [01:22.23] | Just busted concrete and rusted tracks |
| [01:24.57] | |
| [01:25.76] | Empty storefronts around the square |
| [01:28.05] | Theres a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere |
| [01:31.04] | You dont come down here unless youre looking to score |
| [01:34.07] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [01:40.21] | |
| [01:47.82] | The bars still open but man its slow |
| [01:50.76] | The tip jars light and the registers low |
| [01:53.64] | The bartender dont have much to say |
| [01:56.34] | The regular crowd gets thinner each day |
| [01:58.68] | |
| [02:02.76] | Some have maxed out all their credit cards |
| [02:05.69] | Some are working two jobs and living in cars |
| [02:08.93] | Minimum wage wont pay for a roof, wont pay for a drink |
| [02:11.87] | If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. C. E. O. |
| [02:17.04] | See how far 5. 15 an hour will go |
| [02:20.13] | Take a part time job at one your stores |
| [02:23.31] | I bet you cant make it here anymore |
| [02:54.94] | |
| [03:00.62] | And theres a high school girl with a bourgeois dream |
| [03:03.60] | Just like the pictures in the magazine |
| [03:06.40] | She found on the floor of the laundromat |
| [03:09.58] | A woman with kids can forget all that |
| [03:12.77] | |
| [03:13.42] | If she comes up pregnant whatll she do |
| [03:15.26] | Forget the career and forget about school |
| [03:18.09] | Can she live on faith? Live on hope? |
| [03:21.19] | High on Jesus or hooked on dope |
| [03:24.08] | When its way too late to just say no |
| [03:27.01] | You cant make it here anymore |
| [03:36.32] | |
| [03:46.08] | Now Im stocking shirts in the WalMart store |
| [03:49.02] | Just like the ones we made before |
| [03:51.61] | Cept this one came from Singapore |
| [03:54.19] | I guess we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:02.32] | |
| [04:04.36] | Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin |
| [04:06.15] | Or the shape of their eyes or the shape Im in |
| [04:08.74] | Should I hate em for having our jobs today |
| [04:10.93] | No I hate the men sent the jobs away |
| [04:16.40] | |
| [04:17.30] | I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams |
| [04:19.59] | All lily white and squeaky clean |
| [04:22.38] | Theyve never known want, theyll never know need |
| [04:25.32] | Their shit dont stink and their kids wont bleed |
| [04:28.30] | Their kids wont bleed in their damn little war |
| [04:31.39] | And we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:43.24] | |
| [04:49.30] | a a a ha a a a ha a ha a ha |
| [05:07.78] | Will I work for food, will I die for oil |
| [05:10.61] | Will kill for power and to us the spoils |
| [05:13.90] | The billionaires get to pay less tax |
| [05:16.16] | The working poor get to fall through the cracks |
| [05:21.03] | |
| [05:22.47] | So let em eat jellybeans let em eat cake |
| [05:24.87] | Let em eat shit, whatever it takes |
| [05:27.40] | They can join the Air Force or join the Corps |
| [05:30.49] | If they cant make it here anymore |
| [05:37.47] | |
| [05:49.81] | So thats how it is, thats what we got |
| [05:52.20] | If the president wants to admit it or not |
| [05:54.94] | You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall |
| [05:58.22] | Hear it on the wind if youre listening at all |
| [06:01.12] | Get out of that limo, look us in the eye |
| [06:03.75] | Call us on the cell phone tell us all why |
| [06:06.89] | |
| [06:07.64] | In Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine |
| [06:09.73] | Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains |
| [06:12.41] | Thats done closed down along with the school |
| [06:15.50] | And the hospital and the swimming pool |
| [06:19.08] | |
| [06:19.48] | Dust devils dance in the noonday heat |
| [06:21.52] | Theres rats in the alley and trash in the street |
| [06:24.12] | Gang graffiti on a boxcar door |
| [06:26.86] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [06:34.77] | |
| [06:37.86] | |
| [06:40.90] | |
| [06:42.74] | James McMurtry We Can' t Make It Here |
| [06:45.53] | wang yi yin yue: ting hai lang jiao de sheng yin... zhuan ye ge ci shi jian zhou dui bu zhun |
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| ar: | |
| al: | |
| [00:05.70] | James McMurtry We Can' t Make It Here |
| [00:17.31] | |
| [00:22.79] | |
| [00:24.58] | |
| [00:25.08] | Theres a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign |
| [00:27.92] | Sitting there by the left turn line |
| [00:30.80] | The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze |
| [00:34.04] | One leg missing and both hands free |
| [00:37.32] | |
| [00:40.51] | No ones paying much mind to him |
| [00:43.14] | The V. A. budgets just stretched so thin |
| [00:45.83] | And now theres more coming back from the Mideast war |
| [00:48.62] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [00:53.95] | |
| [00:56.54] | And that big ol building was the textile mill |
| [00:59.48] | That fed our kids and it paid our bills |
| [01:02.26] | But they turned us out and they closed the doors |
| [01:05.40] | ' Cause we cant make it here anymore |
| [01:12.86] | |
| [01:13.26] | You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock |
| [01:16.01] | Theyre just gonna sit there til they rot |
| [01:19.09] | Cause theres nothing to ship, nothing to pack |
| [01:22.23] | Just busted concrete and rusted tracks |
| [01:24.57] | |
| [01:25.76] | Empty storefronts around the square |
| [01:28.05] | Theres a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere |
| [01:31.04] | You dont come down here unless youre looking to score |
| [01:34.07] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [01:40.21] | |
| [01:47.82] | The bars still open but man its slow |
| [01:50.76] | The tip jars light and the registers low |
| [01:53.64] | The bartender dont have much to say |
| [01:56.34] | The regular crowd gets thinner each day |
| [01:58.68] | |
| [02:02.76] | Some have maxed out all their credit cards |
| [02:05.69] | Some are working two jobs and living in cars |
| [02:08.93] | Minimum wage wont pay for a roof, wont pay for a drink |
| [02:11.87] | If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. C. E. O. |
| [02:17.04] | See how far 5. 15 an hour will go |
| [02:20.13] | Take a part time job at one your stores |
| [02:23.31] | I bet you cant make it here anymore |
| [02:54.94] | |
| [03:00.62] | And theres a high school girl with a bourgeois dream |
| [03:03.60] | Just like the pictures in the magazine |
| [03:06.40] | She found on the floor of the laundromat |
| [03:09.58] | A woman with kids can forget all that |
| [03:12.77] | |
| [03:13.42] | If she comes up pregnant whatll she do |
| [03:15.26] | Forget the career and forget about school |
| [03:18.09] | Can she live on faith? Live on hope? |
| [03:21.19] | High on Jesus or hooked on dope |
| [03:24.08] | When its way too late to just say no |
| [03:27.01] | You cant make it here anymore |
| [03:36.32] | |
| [03:46.08] | Now Im stocking shirts in the WalMart store |
| [03:49.02] | Just like the ones we made before |
| [03:51.61] | Cept this one came from Singapore |
| [03:54.19] | I guess we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:02.32] | |
| [04:04.36] | Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin |
| [04:06.15] | Or the shape of their eyes or the shape Im in |
| [04:08.74] | Should I hate em for having our jobs today |
| [04:10.93] | No I hate the men sent the jobs away |
| [04:16.40] | |
| [04:17.30] | I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams |
| [04:19.59] | All lily white and squeaky clean |
| [04:22.38] | Theyve never known want, theyll never know need |
| [04:25.32] | Their shit dont stink and their kids wont bleed |
| [04:28.30] | Their kids wont bleed in their damn little war |
| [04:31.39] | And we cant make it here anymore |
| [04:43.24] | |
| [04:49.30] | a a ā hā a a ā hā ā hā ā hā |
| [05:07.78] | Will I work for food, will I die for oil |
| [05:10.61] | Will kill for power and to us the spoils |
| [05:13.90] | The billionaires get to pay less tax |
| [05:16.16] | The working poor get to fall through the cracks |
| [05:21.03] | |
| [05:22.47] | So let em eat jellybeans let em eat cake |
| [05:24.87] | Let em eat shit, whatever it takes |
| [05:27.40] | They can join the Air Force or join the Corps |
| [05:30.49] | If they cant make it here anymore |
| [05:37.47] | |
| [05:49.81] | So thats how it is, thats what we got |
| [05:52.20] | If the president wants to admit it or not |
| [05:54.94] | You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall |
| [05:58.22] | Hear it on the wind if youre listening at all |
| [06:01.12] | Get out of that limo, look us in the eye |
| [06:03.75] | Call us on the cell phone tell us all why |
| [06:06.89] | |
| [06:07.64] | In Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine |
| [06:09.73] | Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains |
| [06:12.41] | Thats done closed down along with the school |
| [06:15.50] | And the hospital and the swimming pool |
| [06:19.08] | |
| [06:19.48] | Dust devils dance in the noonday heat |
| [06:21.52] | Theres rats in the alley and trash in the street |
| [06:24.12] | Gang graffiti on a boxcar door |
| [06:26.86] | We cant make it here anymore |
| [06:34.77] | |
| [06:37.86] | |
| [06:40.90] | |
| [06:42.74] | James McMurtry We Can' t Make It Here |
| [06:45.53] | wǎng yì yīn yuè: tīng hǎi làng jiào de shēng yīn... zhuān yè gē cí shí jiān zhóu duì bù zhǔn |
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