| I hired on back in '85
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| February 28
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| They stuck me on that midnight shift
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| It became the job that I loved to hate
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| Met a girl and we said our vows
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| Tried for a kid, ended up with two
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| Now it seems that they’re shuttin' this town down
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| What am I supposed to do, Lord?
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| When this is all I have ever know
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| I reside on the northeast side
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| Where the family settled back in '33
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| I sold the car just to save the house
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| It’s gettin' hard to hold on to anything
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| Well them union boys, they made some noise
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| In the end, they had to feed their families too
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| Them dues I paid, they can’t help me now
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| So what am I supposed to do?
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| What am I supposed to do, Lord?
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| When this is all I have ever known
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| I sit by as the city slowly dies
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| And I wonder about my fate
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| All the sympathy on the evening news
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| I’ve had about all I can take
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| I’m forty-five and I’ve got no place to hide
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| I’ve got nothing left to lose
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| Is this what I get after all that I gave?
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| What am I supposed to do, Lord?
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| When this is all I have ever know
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| What am I supposed to do, Lord?
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| What am I supposed to do?
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| When this is all I have ever know
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| What am I supposed to do? |