Blue Collar

I have been down in Pennsylvania Where I was working in the mine And I been down in Cincinnati They laid me off the assembly line Yeah, they got me looking everywhere But I ain't too proud of what I found And you can't name where I ain't been down 'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down I was down in Kansas city Where even the blues sell by the pound And I been down in New York City, brother And that ain't no place to be down Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children You see, we're looking for a higher ground And you can't name where we ain't been down 'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been down We fell down We fell down between the cities and the towns We went down (We went down) We went down between the smiles and the frowns And if they call me in the morning I mean, I'd recognize the sound 'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down, baby There ain't no place we ain't been down Ooh, standing in the shadows It sho'nuff look like rain And I see the steel-gray clouds above me Yeah, well the anghuish and the rain Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace But I swear, there just ain't none around And you can't name where I ain't been down 'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down (Down between the cities and towns) We been down (We been down) We been down between the cities and the towns And between the smiles and frowns We been down (We been down) Between the smile and the frowns And if they call me in the morning I mean, I'd recognize the sound 'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down There ain't no place I ain't been down You can't name, you can't name where I ain't been down