Puttin’ People on the Moon

Lyrics

Mary Alice had a baby And he looked just like I did We got married on a Monday And I been working ever since Every week down at the Ford plant But now they're shutting down Goddamned Reagan's in the White House And nobody gives a damn Double digit unemployment TVA be shutting soon While over there in Huntsville They puttin' people on the moon So I took to runnin' numbers For this man I used to know And I sell a few narcotics And I sell a little blow I ain't gettin' rich now But I'm gettin' more than by It's really tough to make a living But a man's just gotta try If I died in Colbert County Would it make the evening news? They too busy blowin' rockets Puttin' people on the moon Mary Alice, she quit askin' Why I do the things I do I ain't sayin' that she likes it But what else I'm gonna do? If I could solve the world's problems I'd probably start with hers and mine But they can put a man on the moon And I'm stuck down here just scraping by Mary Alice got cancer Just like everybody here Seems everyone I know Is gettin' cancer every year And we can't afford no insurance I been ten years unemployed So she didn't get no chemo And our lives they was destroyed Nothin' ever changes Cemetery gets more full And now over there in Huntsville Even NASA's shut down too Another joker's in the White House Said a change was comin' round But I'm workin' at the Wal-Mart Mary Alice, in the ground And all them politicians They all lyin' sacks of shit They say better days upon us But it's sucking left hind tit And the preacher on the TV Says it ain't too late for me But I bet he drives a Cadillac Snd I'm broke with hungry mouths to feed And I wish I's still an outlaw Was a better way of life I could clothe and feed my family Still have time to love my pretty wife If you say I'm being punished Ain't He got better things to do? Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon