Lyrics to Straight Lines for Construction Workers

franklin was a construction worker down on the east side

of town the folks there say he let his loved ones down

but what did they know cuz the sky was so close his

family so poor nobody says nothing when a hard-hat hits

the ground except when he's got bills to pay and owes

money all over town so they found the note that read so

long farewell cruel world but folks die everyday he's

giving it up it said but he's been saving it up for years

the pressure is building sometimes it's too great we all

know frankie's gotta get away oh god please don't tell my

son i went this way she put her heart in a suitcase along

with everything else she moved in with her mother

couldn't stand being by herself all the while thinking

her future looks black and the past all seems gray