Labor Day '08 Songtext
von Steve Forbert

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 will be here 'til

I′m knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day, hey, hey
Thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, hey, hey

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, hey, hey
Thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, 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
Thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, hey, hey
(Go ahead)

Knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day, hey, hey
Thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, hey, hey

Walk down by the river where a mole is blindly bent
Feel the ground beneath your feet go slowly sinking in
A flock of geese cries over like a rusty-sounding hinge
Well, summer′s all but gone, it is the end of quite a binge

I′m knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day, hey, hey
Thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, hey, hey
Knocking back a Bud Light on a Labor Day, hey, hey
I′m thinking 'bout the jobs that are going to stay, hey, hey

Go ahead