We Are All Living In America - Louie Montgomery

Super highways coast to coast just easy to get anywhere On the trans continental overload; just slide behind the wheel How does it feel when there's no destination that's too far And somewhere on the way you might find out who you are? Living in America, eye to eye, station to station Living in America, hand to hand across the nation Living in America, got to have a celebration! I live in America I live in America You may not be looking for the promised land But you might find it anyway Under one of those old familiar names, like New Orleans Dallas Detroit City Pittsburgh, P.A. New Orleans Dallas Detroit City Pittsburgh, P.A. New York City Atlanta Kansas City New York City Atlanta Kansas City Chicago and L.A. Living in America, eye to eye, station to station Living in America, hand to hand across the nation Living in America, got to have a celebration!

I slept straight through to eight a. m. That same old lame alarm clock excuse just ain't gonna work again I light a Marlboro for breakfast On my way out the door That's the third day this month I had one too many the night before And judging from the past, it won't be the last It's a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall With a shovel in my hand and a hammer in my head Right about now I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do instead But I dig in this hole for my dignity I think I finally come to understand working for the man ain't working for me I can only take so much My only way is up From a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Living in a free fall It's a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall Free fall

On the chain link in the backyard Hit the home run Who's gonna go get it? Daddy's Chevrolet on the tailpine Creepin' upsides Won't ever forget it On the screws of a screen door Tina on the school board If I had to paint the place I grew up I think I color it rust Yeah, we got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire We don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust It was only whole nails, boat dock Number 700, bottom of the tackle box Auburn hair falling down in a flat bed God even put it in a sunset We got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire We don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust Nothing 'round here stays new forever Time goes by So does the weather The best things I know get a little better with rust Yeah, we got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire And we don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust Up on that Massey Tractor Rust, yeah, man, on it it don't matter That welcome sign is something I love Yeah, it's the color of rust Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust