[Verse]
Came down to Virginia
Mind sharp like a knife edge
Eyes on the crowd
All scattered and stretched
Dreams in the mud
Souls in the ditch
Chasing the high
Chained to the itch
[Prechorus]
Man in a suit
Sold you the chain
Lies in his mouth
Like poison in veins
[Chorus]
They hooked us all for the money
Fed the pain
Pills rained down like honey
But left a stain
Came down to Virginia
Now we all feel the strain
[Verse 2]
Needles on the pavement
Bottles on the floor
Doctors wrote the script
Then they locked the door
Promised relief
But they sold a war
Lives traded cheap
Just to make some more
[Bridge]
Golden handshakes
Built on broken backs
White coats smiling
While they laid their tracks
Towns turned hollow
Names scratched on plaques
Virginia's bleeding
They can't take it back
[Chorus]
They hooked us all for the money
Fed the pain
Pills rained down like honey
But left a stain
Came down to Virginia
Now we all feel the strain