It's closin' time, the boys are all together at the bar

Staring in their glasses

Looks like another layoff at the yard Yesterday I heard the Union Hall come down

They hit it with a racket ball

And they tried but nothin' changes in this town Cap in hand, stood in line

Your family ties are the chains that bind

The endless wheel goes round and round

Chances are you'll never leave this town

Oh oh no Like river now the empty streets are flooded out with rain

It's fallin' on the playground

And while the kids get wet they're playing the same old games Locked away so many things remind them of war

They tap the pavement with their canes

The good old days ain't so good no more Cap in hand, stood in line

Family ties are the chains that bind

The endless wheel goes round and round

Chances are you'll never leave this town

Oh oh no Looks like another day

A fact they love

They tried but nothin' changes in this town Cap in hand, stood in line

Family ties are the chains that bind

The endless wheel goes round and round

Chances are you'll never leave this town

Oh oh no Cap in hand, stood in line

The family ties are the chains that bind

The endless wheel goes round and round

Chances are you'll never leave this town

(No) Cap in hand, stood in line

Family ties are the chains that bind

Endless wheel goes round and round

Chances are you'll never leave this town

(No) Endless wheel goes round and round

And chances are you'll never leave this town

Cap in hand, stood in line

All your family ties are the chains that bind

Cap in hand, stood in line

Oh don't bury down the chains that bind

Cap in hand, stood in line

All the pretty baby, pretty baby, pretty baby

They got chains that bind

Ooh, cap in hand, stood in line

Ch-ch-chains that bind