County Line Payday

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They sold the town a promise Then fenced the whole thing in The rent went up last Monday The pay stayed thin as skin Moms in the checkout line Countin’ cans and change While another record profits From another drought and rain [Pre-Chorus] And every screen in the house Keeps sayin’ hold on tight But the hand on the lever Never sleeps at night It’s a long road home When the table comes up bare And the folks get fed a slogan While the suits get another chair [Chorus] We’re still here Still workin’ hard Still payin’ up For a broken card The top shelf eats The whole front row We’re still here And they know, they know (they know, they know) [Verse 2] The auction sign’s on Main Street Where the barber used to be A pharmacy and pawn shop Share the same old plea Folks clock out tired Then clock in mad Watch the rich get richer On the backs we had [Pre-Chorus] And the grocery bill don’t care What a good man earns It just keeps on climbin’ While the middle burns You can wave that flag But the wind won’t lie When the barn door’s open And the wolf walks by [Chorus] We’re still here Still workin’ hard Still payin’ up For a broken card The top shelf eats The whole front row We’re still here And they know, they know (they know, they know) [Bridge] I seen kids with degrees Sleepin’ two deep in a room I seen veterans countin’ pills Like they’re countin’ doom And every year they tell us “Wait, things will turn” But the only thing turnin’ Is another bill to burn [Final Chorus] We’re still here Still workin’ hard Still payin’ up For a broken card The top shelf eats The whole front row We’re still here And they know, they know (they know, they know) We’re still here Ain’t goin’ low We’re still here And we won’t fold