WHERE THE TRACKS USED TO BE [ bluegrass ]    Gasoline costs more than cheap wine an’ I only got fifty cents    Left in the bank that’s locked up behind barbwire fence    Some folks sleep in cars an' some folks sleep in tents     While the rest of us stay up all night and pray from recompense    Livin’ on the wrong side, livin’ on the wrong side    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    Some folks, they got plenty, but one of them sure ain’t me    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    The general store's been super-sized into a Wal-Mart mall    An’ the family farm foreclosed to the corporate cattle call    Good income jobs got outsourced to Burma and Nepal    And the family doctor has digressed to no healthcare at all    Livin’ on the wrong side, livin’ on the wrong side    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    It would be nice to get some good news but can’t afford tv    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    Life used to be damn good on the united union train    Stew in every pot, didn’t have to sleep out in the rain    But the American dream lies broken, got nothin’ left to show    We’ll soon be crossin’ the border to find work in Mexico    You know, it’s hard to sing “sweet bye-n-bye” without a Sunday suit an’ tie    An' hard to celebrate fourth of July with no flag pole or apple pie    Livin’ on the wrong side, livin’ on the wrong side    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    It’s hard to have much aim in life without a pot to pee    Livin’ on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    An' if we keep on electin’ company whores to represent folks like you an’ me    We’ll permanently be on the wrong side where the tracks used to be    Used to be. . .  where the tracks used to be             Copyright © 2005 by Richard Aberdeen Copyright © 2006 by Freedom Tracks Music No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher and signed by the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Music ~ Records, 292 Trails Circle, Nashville, TN 37214 or requested via eMail.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.