Westbound train from DC nSlept right through the night nWoke up in Ohio nWith the early specs of light nThere's ghost towns on this railway nRight off to the side nThere's a million empty houses nThe place where a city died nnClinton wasn't the first one nTo take the jobs away nRiding the train through Gary nThe remnants still remain nThe rusty broken factories nThe streets just barley paved nReality is nothing like nThe promises they made nnThey told us all of progress nThat soon it would reverse nIt's been too many years now, nAnd it's only getting worse nnThe steel plant pumps the smoke out nSkeletons walk the road nThe Amtrak doesn't stop here nBut it runs by pretty slow nAll these towns are gone now nThey only keep their names nAnd looking further eastward, yeah nIt only stays the same nnFrom Illinois to Maryland nThe poverty has spread nLeft the pockets of the poor all filled nWith caps of heroin nThe streets are busy with the self-employed nThey sling and sing for change nThe only things left running nAre the sirens and the trains nnThey told us all of progress nThat soon it would reverse nIt's been too many years now, nAnd it's only getting worse nThey call this place the Rust Belt nThis length of broken homes nWhere the exploitation of working people nStarted long ago nIt's so far from the glamor nYet so close to the fame nBut the only it's known for nIs it's tolerance of pain nnLooking back on history, nWe we're always underpaid nIt's a testing ground for a system based nOn unrestricted trade nFirst you give employment nThen you build up trust nThen you flee with the profits nAnd leave the rest to rust nnThey told us all of progress nThat soon it would reverse nIt's been too many years now, nAnd it's only getting worse
The Rust Belt
Mark Gunnery
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Activism Ain't Gonna Come Today An Ambiguous Utopia Anarkikes Ballad of the Uprising of the Rootless Cosmopolita... Bella Ciao! Come On Me Destroy All Dreamers Dit Plus facile Que Fait Diving Into The Wreck Do Re Mi Don't Settle Down Till You Get What You Need! Fact Or Fiction? Free To Pay Geek Love Government Is War Heart Strings Hypocrite I Don't Want To Be Alone I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night Kitchen Sinks Little Boxes Lobster Pudding Oh Yeah?! Panic! Everything's Fine Putting the Fun Back in Fundamentalism Rise You Restless Dreamers Seeing The Elephant Strangely Like a War Take Your Money The Grocery Workers' Song The Job Song The War To A Bear To Mordi, Regarding Last Night's Conversation Uncarved Block What Did You Do In The War? What Did You Learn In School Today? What Goes Around Comes Around
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