Shutting Down Our Town Lyrics - Jimmy Barnes

This used to be a place where a man could find some work 

Put together Holdens or a foundry job at worst 

I can hear the noises coming from the Karawara deep into the night 

The roads were filled with kids playing after dark 

Sent to get their fathers who were sitting at the bar 

Eat, sleep, work, drink, that's all they ever did 

Oh, they're shutting down our town 

They're cutting down our town 

No more production line blue collar can be found 

They'll tear it to the ground 

They're shutting down our town 

Oh, they're shutting down our town 

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I started raising hell before I came of age 

Running from my past with clenched fists of rage 

And I fought my way through every other day, never looking back 

And everything I knew was back there on those streets 

Every lesson learned kept me on my feet 

But I can't help thinking of the ones I left behind 

Oh, they're shutting down our town 

They're cutting down our town 

No more production line blue collar can be found 

They'll tear it to the ground 

They're shutting down our town 

Oh, they're shutting down our town 

Oh they're shutting down our town 

They're tearing out its heart 

It wasn't much to look at from the very start 

Herded all together 

From many different lands 

The old folks stand around 

While they're shutting down our town 

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Yeah, they're shutting down our town 

They're shutting down our town 

And I finally came back home, found some peace at last 

Was time to stop running from the demons of my past 

Some that I remember but the rest are changing way too fast 

Yeah, they're shutting down our town 

They're cutting down our town 

No more production line blue collar can be found 

They'll tear it to the ground 

They're shutting down our town 

Oh, they're shutting down our town 

They're shutting down our town 

You know they'll tear it to the ground 

Yeah they're shutting down our town 

They'll tear it to the ground 

They're shutting down our town 

Yeah they're shutting down our town