Slaughterhouse Blues by Gretta Ziller Lyrics

Living round here's like a slaughterhouse
Folks come in but the don’t come out
And everyone's got a little blood on their hands
When you're fighting over pennies, dollars & cents

You don’t need no college degree
The unemployment rate is worse than it seems
And if you don't take to drink & you don't take to drugs
You work till you die or till your body gives out

I've got the slaughterhouse blues
I've got the slaughterhouse blues

And it ain't just this governmеnt that I blame
It takes decadеs to let it get this way
Between industry & the wealthy
Who's there left to think about me?

There ain't been revival since the church shut its doors
And I guess that’s been 10 years or more
But there’s still folks waiting for a sign
I just don't got it in me to keep that kind of faith alive
I’ve got the slaughterhouse blues
I've got the slaughterhouse blues

So I made plans to quit this town
With a boy that's got a car that'll take me
And it don’t matter if we crash & burn
Just as long as we don't return to the slaughterhouse

I've got the slaughterhouse blues
I've got the slaughterhouse blues
Oh, I've got the slaughterhouse blues