Well I was born in 53
My daddy was a factory man
Nearly all his life giving everything he can
I'd seen the good and I'd seen the bad
Even though I was quite young
I couldn't get what he'd been through
Till my own family was begun
No one cares if you live or die
What you do when you don't have
This whole world's become money ran
A heartless, greedy land
Even though I am quite proud
Of being an American Man
Tell me what the hell went wrong
Middle class man
Blue collared workers
It seem we've been forgotten
And cheated from this land
A middle class man
Blue collared workers
It seems we've been forgotten
Yeah
Middle class man
Well I opened the ---- to the news today
And started reading our front page
A hundred ninety six men in my hometown
They all laid off before the Christmas Day
It seems the jobs had been given away
To foreign countries
Where the wages are lower than a middle class man
So we all live in poverty
No one cares if you live or die
What you do when you don't have
This whole world's become money ran
A heartless, greedy land
Even though I am quite proud
Of being an American Man
Tell me what the hell went wrong
Middle class man
Blue collared workers
It seem we've been forgotten
And cheated from this land
Middle class man
Blue collared workers
It seems we've been forgotten
Yeah
Middle class man