Company Man Lyrics - Ashes & Dust - Warren Haynes

Started workin' here when I was 21 

Summer of '56, my life had just begun 

Back then this place was some place to be 

Thought I could grow with the company 

Never took a dime, never raised a fuss 

Right is right, even for those of us 

Who make a dollar while the man makes ten 

They say hard work pays off in the end 

Everything I got, I got from my own hands 

Never wanted to be no company man 

So I kept my eyes open, and my mouth shut 

Saw my workload increase, and my pay get cut 

Bought a house, started a family 

Still had some faith in the company 

Hard times hit '67 late 

Heaven musta opened up the flood gates 

My wife, she left me for some other guy 

And in my heart, guess I always knew why 

She was never gonna understand 

Never wanted to be no company man 

'79 brought a dose of reality 

We'd all heard the rumors about the company 

One day they shut us down, throughout the south 

Keepin' my job meant movin' out 

So I got hired on at the local factory 

Couldn't see uprootin' my whole family 

Never thought I'd be startin' over at this stage 

Takin' shit from some punk half my age 

No retirement, no hospital plan 

Never wanted to be no company man 

Long since retired now from the factory 

Hardly ever think about the company 

Kinda lonesome now the kids are grown 

Moved away, families of their own 

Got me a little house and a piece of land 

Never wanted to be no company man 

Sometimes in this world you got to make a stand 

Never wanted to be no company man