The Power's Out

From the town of Detroit where my job is secure, yeah
Secure in the fact now that it’s gone for good, yeah
So I’ll scrimp and I’ll scrape at the pension I’ve saved
So it should be gone by the end of the day
Yeah the power’s out
Is there no luck in site?
Yeah the power’s out
Hope it’s just for tonight
Yeah the power’s out
‘Nother kick in the head
I’m so poor at this living
I’d be richer off…
Wrap me up in your silver then roll me in gold, yeah
Then ice up this whiskey ‘til it’s nice and cold, yeah
Forgive me for dreaming it’s all I have left
‘Cept this pending foreclosure and mountains of debt
The power’s out
Yeah, there’s fuck all to see
The power’s out
Like this economy
Yeah the power’s out
Guess it’s par for the course
Unless you’re a bloodsucking leech CEO
CEO
So I guess the good lord has forgotten ‘bout me, yeah
And me, like himself, my old trade’s carpentry, yeah
I could build him a cross with on hand behind back
And the other three nails ‘case he gives me the sack
Yeah the power’s out
The poor dog has left home
Yeah the power’s out
Couldn’t afford him a bone
Yeah the power’s out
It’s the trickle effect
Today it’s for me
But tomorrow ye rest
Yeah, the powers out
The power’s out
So we spent all our taxes on men on the moon, yeah
We’ve been there before and we left pretty soon, yeah
The grass will be greener one day I expect
When the earth will catch fire and replenish itself
From the town of Detroit where we fight ‘til we drop, yeah
We don’t want your pity we just want a job, yeah
There’s no shame in us asking with some self respect
But don’t leave it much longer we’re human at best
Well the power’s out
Yeah, there’s fuck all to see
The power’s out
Like this economy
Yeah the power’s out
Guess it’s par for the course
Unless you’re a bloodsucking leech CEO
CEO
CEO
CEO
C E O Must go.
Yeah, the powers out