[Verse 1] All they said [?] to your head 'bout the [?] you do Just stay in school Someday you'll do what you could not do Run boy run in the summer sun on a summer's day You know what you know and you can't wait to grow when the [?] way I could only understand that my dad's a good man And he's [?] pay day [Verse 2] The high school plan, be a motor city man Working night, all day Cause no matter who you are You got to have a car in the USA But something ain't right 'bout the billboards [?] down the big highway
It's hard times again and the good working men are sitting home all day I know this plant's closing down and I'm leaving this town I'll be gone pay day [Outro] And red lights and green lights [?] my way The [?] to the park and the corner after dark Where I met my [?] Where the factories all fall down to the mother ground I'll be gone pay day Yeah I done all I can, I'm a motor city man I'll be on my way