I moved into the city, well because, because, because
It sure was loud and gritty and it sure was what it was
I moved out to the suburbs and I kept on paying bills
I've been here twenty years, I guess that I won't be here till
I'm knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Thinking about the jobs that are gone this day
I ride along the ever sprawling thoroughfares of town
But no familiar face I see while riding round and round
And who are all these people living here like kings and queens
And what are all these private gated subdivision things
I'm knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Thinking about the jobs that are gone this day
Hey, hey, hey
My sister had a baby but it's not as cute as her
Well why might that have happened, tell me how could that occur
My daughter says I'm crazy cause I can't make up my mind
I can of course, it takes me just a longer length of time
I'm knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Hey, hey, hey
Thinking about the jobs that are gone this day
Hey, hey, hey
Go ahead
Hey, hey, hey
Knockin' back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Thinkin' bout the jobs that are goin' to stay
Walk down by the river where a mole has blindly been
Feel the ground beneath your feet go slowly sinkin' in
A flock of geese cries over like a rusty soundin' hinge
Well, summer's all but gone, it is the end of quite a binge
Knockin' back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Thinkin' bout the jobs that are goin' to stay
Knockin' back a Bud Light on a Labor Day
Thinkin' bout the jobs that are goin' to stay
Go ahead