Caliornia's still on fire And it don't rain no more in Texas There's a few less ice caps, weigh 'em over here Mother Russia stays pissed-off Yeah, she's got some big old bombs Still throwin' around her weight after all these years And the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream Yeah, the cost of livin' goes up and the pay goes down I don't care what's right or left, y'all I'm just out here with the rest In the middle cla**, that still means broke to me What else is new? I'm tellin' you I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' thru We don't let no bad news hang around It's the same old situation All the problems facin' our great nation So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down And the politicians will never know How we let their egos go No, they could not give two dimes 'bout you and me Yeah, but they still got their pensions With some tactics they read there in their mansions That's the price we pay for been livin' free What else is new? I'm tellin' you I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' thru We don't let no bad news hang around It's the same old situation All the problems facin' our great nation So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down What else is new? I'm tellin' you I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin thru We don't let no bad news hang around It's the same old situation All the problems facin' our great nation So to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down