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Rust Belt

Down at the carbide plant, my daddy worked his life away
He made my momma so proud, making that take home pay
He said son, I hope you listen to what I say,
He said son, boy don’t throw your life away

Don’t let these dirty old mills, rust belt plants and rich man’s steel
Get in your blood

Her name was Kara Beth, a west Kentucky young boys dream
My heart fell in my chest, the moment that she looked at me
The wedding was plain, at a little church just outside of town
My academic dreams, just like that we up and burned em down

And I took a job at the mill working eighty hour weeks
And those hundred dollar bills they came in spades

And just like that, the kids are all up and gone
Just like that, Kara Beth she done moved on
And this damn job, the one that fed us all everyday
Is the same damn job, that stole my whole life away

And I see it all so clear, my daddies words
Ringing in my ear cut clean to the bone

Don’t let these dirty old mills, rust belt plants and rich man steel
Get in your blood