We were born in a factory town Your daddy had the job as mine The same job, the same house, the same life as mine Born and bred in a factory town Your daddy hit the same bars as mine The same bars, the same bottle, the same wife as mine Got punched in and punched out in the same streets as mine No girl had more beautiful eyes than you had No one gives me the same kind treat that you do But honey if you wanna come You gotta come alone We were born in a factory town Your daddy dug the same hole as mine The same hole for the same coal in the same coal mine as mine Born and bred in a factory town Your daddy smoked the same air as mine Black blood that he coughed up from the same lungs as mine He wiped grit and wiped dust from the same eyes as mine No girl had had a more beautiful smile than you had No one sells better stuff than you do But honey if you wanna come You gotta come alone Now you and me keep hanging around But no more factory in the factory town It's dead hope, it's bad dope and a tightening rope And you are the same kind of wrecked, soft-headed fucker as me The same kind of post working-class, wrecked, shit-headed fucker as me No girl had more beautiful eyes than you had No one gives me the same kind of treat that you do But honey if you wanna come You gotta come alone