Lyrics of White collar crime

I've seen them arriving in their expensive chauffeur driven cars
And after closed door meetings they meet in the most expensive bars
Laughing and joking, you know it never fails
How they are shipping so many jobs out of town
Using boxcars on the rails

I've seen them in their expensive suits, in their tux and tails
And the misery they leave when they go you know it never fails
I've never seen them sweat, no sweat on any brow
They have just one thing on their minds
You can't keep those bastards down

My best friend worked at the local factory
He worked there all his life
To support his growing family and his loving, loving wife
Then came the day it all went away and he came home with a frown
Those white collar criminals had shut his factory down

He asked "where was the union to protect us from this corporate type?"
"Is it all just smoke and mirrors and a bunch of hype?"
They treated me as if I was stupid and some kind of a clown
But I know now that those damn white collar criminals
were trying to run me out of town

As I sat home in the darkness, staring into the night
A light came on in my head and it was really a bright, bright light
The wheels in my mind started spinning, spinning round and round
I realized those damn white collar criminals
HAVE ALWAYS RUN THIS TOWN!!

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