Well I grew up In Tennessee In a working class family After high school I got a job At a local factory I never thought About college Or trying to get a degree It was hard enough Just to make ends meet And soon I had my own family We did alright For 20 years But then things changed around here A hostile takeover a corporate deal A bunch of sharks set out to steal Ended up closing the factory And shipped all our jobs overseas We lost the house my daddy built Even the small farm he once tilled I tried to find another job But a homeless man looks like a slob At 43 with 3 grown kids I'm lifting up these garbage lids Hoping to find half eaten food To lift my spirits - lift my mood 'cause starving really gets you down And I can't seem to lose this frown But Hey, we're doing okay In the U.S.A. Aren't we, aren't we? Hey, we're doing okay In the U.S.A. Aren't we, aren't we... exceptional?