It's closing time the boys are all together at the bar   Staring in their glasses   Looks like another layoff at the yard      Yesterday I heard union hall come down   They hit it with a wrecking ball   And they try but nothing changes in this town      Cap in hand stood in line   Your family ties are the chains that bind   The endless wheel goes round and round   Chances are you'll never leave this town   Oh oh no      Like a river now the empty streets are flooded out with rain   It's falling on the playground   While the kids get wet playing the same old games      Locked away so many things remind them of war   They tap the pavement with their canes   The good old days ain't so good no more