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Talkin' Company Man Blues

from Baby's Long Gone by Jesse Dayton

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That was then, this is now
Ain’t no consolation prize for you anyhow
30 years punch in the clock
For a big steak dinner
And a fake gold watch
Yes, we’re living in trouble times
Like a lone wolf workin' stiff living by your wits
You put your dreams up on the shelf
Well you’re brotherhood's gone it’s every man for himself

Yea, the payoff is a rip off
And the buyout well it’s a sell out
And the cold call is the last call
'Cause there’s nothing left to lose
Talkin' company man blues

Well, you can’t shop at the mom and pop
'Cause they all went down when the corporation came to town
For what you’re given, the cost of livin’
At the pumps and the store, but you still need more

Yea, the payoff is a rip off
And the buyout well it’s a sell out
And the cold call is the last call
'Cause there’s nothing left to lose
Talkin' company man blues

It used to take one, to know one
But we all got eaten up by the big one
Ya scream and shout, ya tough it out
But they’re raising up the ladder brother you don’t even matter

Well, the payoff is a rip off
And the buyout well it’s a sell out
And the cold call is the last call
Because the pride comes right before the fall

There’s no communion in the union
Lots of splurgers on the mergers
Well, now the white collar, is just the blue collar
Singing the same blues as the field holler
And there’s a big tax on the tiny shack
With no expansion on the mansion
It’s just a tricky joke on the workin’ folk
'Cause they got nothing left to lose
Talkin' company man blues

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from Baby's Long Gone, released December 6, 2023
Written by Jesse Dayton
Produced by Shooter Jennings
Published by Hard Charger Music (BMI)

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Jesse Dayton Beaumont, Texas

Equally steeped in Texas/Louisiana blues, old-school country and punk-rock, East Texas native Jesse Dayton is the music world’s best-kept secret, hiding in plain sight as a guitarist for Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Ryan Bingham and L.A. punk pioneers X, as well as touring with Social Distortion, the Supersuckers and John Doe. ... more

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