The stepson of the engineer
That drove the train you rode
Sold the railroad company
And the debt that you owed

And so now the new management
Comes a-knockinÂ’ at your door
ItÂ’s pay up or eviction
ThereÂ’s no mercy anymore

CHORUS
Hey, hey
Who will remember me when IÂ’m gone?

It ainÂ’t about how much you know
Or how long you been known
ItÂ’s do you know the folks in charge
And how much do you own

ItÂ’s bucks and bloody knuckles
ItÂ’s contracts cut in steel
ItÂ’s clauses sharp and pointed
And whoÂ’s behind the wheel

So tell me that old story
Of the family in the woods
Momma cooked the crawdad
And Daddy traded goods

Tell me how when their boy died
They yelled and cried and prayed
Tell me how this very day
ThereÂ’s flowers on his grave