Labor Day

They don't need you around here anymore
 They made all their money now they're closing up the door
 You should feel lucky that you've had a job for so long
 They say you should have saved while you were still working so suck it up and be strong
 They asked you to take a 12% reduction in pay
 You said that you would do it but then they closed down anyway
 Their 7 digit salaries never were at risk
 Although the company was in the red their bonuses were never affected
 So get the family together this is a holiday
 Put the burgers on the barbecue and pray it don't rain
 The tough times are over cause the bad times are here
 I pray we don't lose those I wish I could escape just drowning in my beer
 Never fear - Labor Day
 What they did was really bad, the way they did it even it worse
 Last week they said they weren't gonna close down and that's for sure
 You had no warning no way to prepare
 Always lived paycheck to paycheck how can you live if a paycheck is not there
 Just a message on the answering machine, a double lock on the door
 No concern for their workers, no respect or dignity for their work
 Not even the courtesy of a couple of weeks heads up
 The message on the answering machine "Happy holidays you have no job"
 There are no jobs left in this town at least none where you can raise your kids
 All the factories they left town, all the old man bars hopped up in their stead
 A couple beers and some friends can help you forget
 They know what you're going through every family in town has gone through it
 (and are still going through it)
 You hear about it so often you become desensitized
 Everyday 2, 000 have been laid off and another 500 have been downsized
 Its thousands of families who have to find a way
 To survive another Labor Day