Americana song about the Auto Industry based on on a true story. Dave added the slide guitar to solidify the genre.
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Story behind the song
Wrote this when my Dad was still with us and fighting every year to maintain his benefits. What America did to the auto industry was... short sighted.
Lyrics
1. Crab coat and a the fuzzy hat
Its always a little colder out here
Just off the river, on the Northern tracks
Someday well chose to ride these cars
To places not quite as corroded
Its be funny, if wasnt so sad
Board the Doors, chained all the gates
And the executives go to their private estates
and they take Dads benefits away
2. Everything is Glass, steel and rubber
Machines that cast and extrude
Closing down for the model change over
Taking unemployment for 3 weeks
You just go to put in your 40 years
3. I rode that train that came from Detroit
Right through the heart of the rust belt
Owens Illinois, Monroe shock absorber
Champion plugs and Cooper tires
And a touch of pride in a job well done
4. Tool and die men and machinist
Men who load the trucks and the trains
10,000 parts manufacturing and assembly
That make up the American car
Somehow it all was sent oversees