| Well the lights are on, it’s time to go
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| Gotta hit the stage for another show
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| Knockin' the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| I started out, all by myself
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| But I’m lucky now that I’ve found some help to
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| Knock the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| Have you seen what’s happenin' round here?
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| You ask most people, they don’t care
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| But now is the time we have to do things right
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| So we’re knockin' the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| From the C-H-I to the S-T-L
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| I was born raise a ruckus and do it well
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| Knockin' the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| Take a jazz band with a country beat
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| It’s Midwestern Swing for your dancin' feet
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| We’re gonna knock the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| A newspaperman said it couldn’t be done
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| But I lived it, I wrote it, in a song I sung
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| Knockin' the dust off the rust belt tonight
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| This ain’t your momma and your daddy’s Midwest
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| We have what it takes to stand the test
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| Knockin' the dust off the rust belt tonight |