Second Chance City

Johnny G. got his papers today
He said he was expecting the call
He got the word at six from T.K.
But the writing has been on the wall

Management has itself a new plan
Take a package or they'll lay you off
They've got no love for the working man
And the union's really getting soft

Chorus
The verses keep changing
But the song remains the same
It's not what you do, it's who you know
And how you play the game
Take me where the ground is flat
And the girls are all pretty
Mister can you take me
To Second Chance City

Ever since the con man got the shift
Things around here have been pretty rough
He rides the backs of the working stiffs
Playing the numbers from dawn to dusk

T.K. tried to do what he could do
But the suits all hide behind closed doors
They're too busy trying to cut costs
To notice all the blood on the floor

Chorus
The verses keep changing
But the song remains the same
It's not what you do, it's who you know
And how you play the game
Take me where the ground is flat
And the girls are all pretty
Mister can you take me
To Second Chance City

Bridge
I've got twenty dollars for the fare
Take me where you will, I don't care
I just want to feel like I'm going somewhere
Some place other than here
I just want to disappear...
Because

It's down to me, G-Man and the Stain
And all three of us feel like marked men
We need these jobs too bad to complain
So each day we punch the clock again

Sometimes I think about walking out
But nothing's as simple as it seems
I've got a family to think about
I need that check more than I need dreams

Chorus
The verses keep changing
But the song remains the same
It's not what you do, it's who you know
And how you play the game
Take me where the ground is flat
And the girls are all pretty
Mister can you take me
To Second Chance City

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Kent Newsome & Ronnie Jeffrey
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