Lyrics

The Cheap Seats
(Tani)

The profits were up
When they shut this place down
And 200 folks lost their jobs
In this factory town
Now they're makin' it cheaper
And almost as good
In some third world country out there
Than we ever could

We ain't in the game
We ain't on a team
We watch from the stands
Our American Dream

We're watching it all
from the cheap seats
They sure as hell ain't
luxury suites
The big screen will show
What they want us to know
And no matter who loses they win
No matter who loses they win

When the big box appeared
Just outside of town
And within a year most of Main St
was dead and shut down
There were lots of new jobs
The new suburban coal mine
Had us workin full time
Beneath the poverty line

We ain't singing the song
Ain't even singing along
This far from the stage you
can't see what's going on

We're watching it all
from the cheap seats
They sure as hell ain't
luxury suites
The big screen will show
What they want us to know
And no matter who loses they win
No matter who loses they win

We never needed to be rich
Never thought that we'd be poor
Truth lies somewhere in the middle
But there's no middle here no more

I asked my old man
When I was a boy
I asked, Dad is our family rich
Or are we poor
He said “Neither, son”
I remember his smile
“We're like every one else in this town
and the middle's just fine”

So, where’d we go wrong
What didn’t we see
It’s Saturday night
In the land of the free

We're watching it all
from the cheap seats
They sure as hell ain’t
luxury suites
The big screen will show
What they want us to know
And no matter who loses they win
No matter who loses they win