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Walkin down Main Street, the boards are goin up
hear the shufflin feet, another empty store front
our little town prospered, but that was once upon a time
now we're just hangin on, we're the 99
I listened to my teacher, at the university
worked six long years, now I got me a degree
eighty-thousand down, and I haven't got a dime
I'm livin with my parents, I'm the 99
I'm the 99, I'm the 99
my brothers and my sisters are here to draw the line
I'm the 99, I'm the 99
callin round the country, we're the 99
I go to work each mornin, I wear a suit and tie
I can see it in the mirror, you can see it in my eyes
they're cuttin down the payroll and now I'm worried all the time
and it won't be long, I'm the 99 (chorus)
Lookin at my babies, so quiet in their beds
all those pretty dreams fillin up their heads
tomorrow in the mornin I'll be standin in that line
at the unemployment office, I'm the 99 (chorus)
All across the country, we're red white and we're blue
they're lookin at me and they'll be lookin at you
meet me on the corner where we're holdin up the sign
and we'll sing it together, we're the 99 (chorus)