21st Century USA

Album: The Unraveling (2020)
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  • The parking lot behind Oasis Town
    Down the street from the Mexican
    Restaurant behind the Auto-Zone
    And the place that's hawking payday loans
    There's a Kmart and a KFC
    Fitness Center and an Applebees
    Wells Fargo and a Taco Johns
    A good time bar to
    Get your bad swerve on

    In a town that's named for razor blades
    All American but Chinese made
    Folks working hard for shrinking pay
    21st Century, USA

    Out on 90 we might see you pass
    We got coal and methane gas
    We got jobs where the work is hard
    And stores to max out your credit cards

    In a town that ain't nowhere near
    Just like every town, every where
    Folks working hard for shrinking pay

    Say we have to hang on just a little bit longer
    And a savior will come our way
    We'll know him by the neon sign
    And the opulence he maintains
    If Amazon can deliver salvation
    I'll order it up on my phone
    With big brother watching me always
    Why must I always feel so alone

    Men working hard for not enough at best
    Women working just as hard for less
    They get together late at night at bars
    And bang each other like crashing cars
    Working hard but it don't seem enough
    Calloused hearts make even love seem tough
    Prescription pills to make the pain hurt less
    Until your calloused heart just needs a rest

    Look at your children and you hope and pray
    That they can conjure up a better day
    No one remembers how it got that way
    21st Century, USA
    21st Century, USA Writer/s: Patterson Hood
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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