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It was on a Wednesday, in the early part of fallWhen Fannie Mae and the right hand of the lawCame demanding back their loan, to kick Addie out her homeIt's sad but that's how our country worksIt was sad, it was sadRead about it and I cried, cried, criedWhere are we at that things are going down like that?It's sad but that's how our country worksShe lived through it all before, before the second world warWhen the robber baron stock machine made everybody poorUnrestricted greed knocking over those in needIt's sad but that's how our country worksThe bank made her a loan, knew it couldn't holdTaking the basic needs of people and trading them for goldRaking in the cash getting ready for the crashIt's sad but that's how our country worksNow the bank has come around, they coming all over townForeclosing homes, kicking everybody out"If you can't pay get the hell out of our way"It's sad but that's how our country worksHer home was getting stolen, she didn't have nowhere elseSongtexteShe took that long-barreled handgun and turned it on herselfBetter to take your own than be ninety with no homeIt's sad but that's how our country worksBang, the bubble bursts, the turn goes for the worstExcess profits, a blessing or a curse?The obvious outcome of a bad job well doneIt's sad but that's how our country worksTheir banks implode 'cause their spending overflowedLayoff half their workers and keep making shady loansTake their bail-out bills and head for the hillsIt's sad but that's how our country worksNow Addie Polk's alive, her strength let her surviveBut greed and the law are still firmly intertwinedAnd their others just like her, clinging hard to what they've earnedIt's sad but that's how our country works Aus Songtexte Mania