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
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
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
The lyrics SHUTTING DOWN OUR TOWN of JIMMY BARNES is also present in the album My criminal record (2019)
Jimmy Barnes, pseudonimo di James Dixon Swan, è un cantante, chitarrista e compositore britannico naturalizzato australiano. Nato a Glasgow nel 1956, si trasferì in Australia all'età di sette anni. Iniziò la sua carriera musicale negli anni '70 con il gruppo Cold Chisel, diventando uno dei più grandi artisti rock australiani di tutti i tempi. Dopo lo scioglimento del gruppo, Barnes ha avviato una prolifica carriera solista, pubblicando numerosi album di successo e ottenendo riconoscimenti come premi ARIA. È noto per la sua potente voce, le performance energiche e il suo songwriting diretto e emozionante. Tra i suoi brani più famosi figurano "Working Class Man", "Stone Cold", "I'd Die for You" e "Lay Down Your Guns". Barnes è considerato un'icona del rock australiano e ha contribuito a definire l'identità musicale del paese.
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