sixteen years sixteen years with a second born son in my hand wife got some kind of trouble with her breathin but i ain t missed a single shift get online from 9 til 5 with a late afternoon cigarette sixteen years sixteen years and i ain t got a damn regret i used up all my paid vacation and i burned every last sick day down on my knees at the side of the bed where my sweet little angel lay explainin what happened to her kid when i can t even comprehend it is enough to make a god fearin man disregard a bad decision when it comes surfacin up loyalty to your family never meant a damn to a man in a suit and a tie countin out dollars versus days on the job ain t nothin but the bottom line truth is i m gettin tired of believin that the lord has a greater plan a brand new baby and a wife in heaven how the hell you gonna lay off a man after sixteen years if it happened just the way i d planned man it d a gone off without a hitch just walk up the steps to the foreman s desk and give him something he won t forget and run out the back where my brother will be waitin in his truck in the alley on the side but when i slammed through the doors i didn t hear an engine just a stop and them flashin lights loyalty to your family never meant a damn to a man in a suit and a tie countin out dollars versus days on the job ain t nothin but the bottom line truth is i m gettin tired of believin that the lord has a greater plan four years shy of a 20 year pension how the hell you gonna lay of a man after sixteen years the defender wants to say i m crazy d a says take a plea cause there ain t no jury in de soto county that s gonna sympathize with me