comin' apart at every nail

it's awful hard to find a job

on one side the government

the other the mob

hey

hey ain't that right

the workin' man's in

for a hell of a fight. oh

this country

sure looks good to me

but these fences are

comin' apart at every nail. way up on the old dew line

some of the boys were feelin' fine

a big light flashed across the sky

but somethin' else went slippin' by

meanwhile at the pentagon

the brass was a wonderin'

what went wrong. oh

this country

sure looks good to me

but these fences are

comin' apart at every nail. hey hey

ain't that right

the workin' man's in

for a hell of a fight. oh

this country

sure looks good to me

but these fences are

comin' apart at every nail.