BJ Barham - American Tobacco Company lyrics

(Verse 1) Everyday 'round lunchtime I start daydreaming My insides start screaming, wanting something more And I come crashing Back to reality Before the walls crash in on me And crush me to the core (Chorus) And I work my fingers to the bone Just to have a little bit of something I can call my own At the American Tobacco Company At the American Tobacco Company (Verse 2) When I got home in the summer of '45 Not a single place was hiring, but my cousin knew a guy Now I sit hear on a line And watch these big machines Crush my hopes and dreams Into Pall Malls and Lucky Strikes (Chorus) (Bridge) "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps," they say You can live the American Dream Well all those days I spent thinking in the South Pacific Yeah this ain't how I thought that dream would be (Verse 3) Now every single morning I walk into this building I think about my children, and the life they oughta lead And I try my best Not to look back Just stare up at that smokestack And my troubles fade away