Drive-By Truckers

Mary Alice had a baby and he looked just like I did
We got married on a Monday and I been working ever since
Every week down at the Ford Plant but now they say theyre shutting down
Goddamned Reagan in the White House and no one there gives a damn
Double Digit unemployment, TVA be shutting soon
While over there in Huntsville, They puttin people on the moon
So I took to runnin numbers for this man I used to know
And I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow
I aint getting rich now but Im gettin more than by
Its really tough to make a living but a man just got to try
If I died in Colbert County, Would it make the evening news?
They too busy blowin rockets, Puttin people on the moon
Mary Alice quit askin why I do the things I do
I aint sayin that she likes it, but what else Im gonna do?
If I could solve the worlds problems Id probably start with hers and mine
But they can put a man on the moon
And Im stuck in Muscle Shoals just barely scraping by
Mary Alice got cancer just like everybody here
Seems everyone I know is gettin cancer every year
And we cant afford no insurance, I been 10 years unemployed
So she didnt get no chemo so our lives was destroyed
And nothin ever changes, the cemetery gets more full
And now over there in Huntsville, even NASAs shut down too
Another Joker in the White House, said a change was comin round
But Im still workin at The Wal Mart and Mary Alice, in the ground
And all them politicians, they all lyin sacks of shit
They say better days upon us but Im sucking left hind tit
And the preacher on the TV says it aint too late for me
But I bet he drives a Cadillac and Im broke with some hungry mouths to feed
I wish Iz still an outlaw, was a better way of life
I could clothe and feed my family still have time to love my pretty wife
And if you say Im being punished. Aint he got better things to do?
Turnin mountains into oceans Puttin people on the moon
Turnin mountains into oceans Puttin people on the moon
[ Puttin People On The Moon Lyrics ]