Listen To the Silent Sounds
Words and Music by Butch Castetter
Copyright 2004
Verse 1
They shut down the factory today and they sent everybody home.
Sad day, sad day indeed, I feel sick in my soul.
This parking lot’s full of cars it will soon be full of weeds.
We regret the loss of jobs but it’s a global economy.
Chorus
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Listen to the silent sounds.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Watching everything go down.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. No one really seemed to care.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Where we gonna go from here.
Verse 2
Looked in Joe’s eyes today.
You can see he’s really scared.
Twenty years, never missed a day, now he’s worried about having health care.
His wife Betty got sick a couple years ago.
Thank God she’s better now, cause they say she’s uninsurable.
Chorus
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Listen to the silent sounds.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Watching everything go down.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. No one really seemed to care.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Where we gonna go from here.
Verse 3
Politicians got to together and came up with a plan.
Gonna build a riverboat casino gonna call it the MGM.
Now daddy’s a black-jack dealer and momma she runs the slots.
It takes two to make ends meet the kids are home alone.
Chorus
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Listen to the silent sounds.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Watching everything go down.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. No one really seemed to care.
Hmmm.. Hmmm. Hmmm. Where we gonna go from here.