All they said, don't disturb your head About the work we do Just stay in school, someday you'll do What we couldn't do But run boy run in the summer sun On a summer day You know what you know and you can't wait to grow Be on your way I could only understand that my dad's a good man And he's glad payday Now high school plan, be a motor city man Working night or day No matter who you are, you've got to have a car In the USA Something aint right about the billboards filing Down the big highway Now hard times again, and good working men Are sittin? home all day I know this plant's closing down and I'm leaving this town I'll be gone payday Yeah the red lights and green lights that lighted my home Are gonna light my way Goodbye to the park and the corner after dark Where I lost my faith Let the factories all fall down to the mother ground I'll be gone payday Yeah, I've done all I can I'm a Motor city man And I'm on my way Said I'm on my way I said I'm on my way