Rust Belt City - John Statz
Heavy smog hung over east
Where three rivers came to meet
United Steel could not compete
Now it's a sad rust belt city
Pittsburgh lost to across the sea
On the banks of Lake Erie
Where the river's flames burned free
All the people they did flee
Another sad rust belt city
Cleveland burned and so did we
Hark back the glory days
When steel mills paid a living wage
But now the nation only sees
Between the sea and shining sea
A trail of sad rust belt cities
Down the trail down the stream
Will our cities still shimmer dreams
Will they dry up from underneath
Like Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
Another sad rust belt city
Another sad rust belt city
