
Country & Americana · country, anthem, working class
Keep the Receipts
A working family keeps every bill and every broken promise in a shoebox and refuses to call this winning.
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Published Oct 9, 2026 · #Cost of Living, #Accountability, #Working People, #Crypto, #Voting Rights
Lyrics
[Intro]
(Spoken)
Daddy kept every receipt in an old shoebox.
Said, "Don't let the bastards tell you what you paid."
[Verse 1]
I put back meat to buy the milk,
Then put the milk back, too.
My wife said, "What the hell's the point
Of all this work we do?"
The news showed tankers burning,
Iran across the screen.
Our boy called home from somewhere east—
He's still just nineteen.
Those DOGE boys bragged about their cuts;
The watchdog checked the math.
Some savings weren't even real—
And we're supposed to clap?
[Chorus]
Keep the receipts, keep the receipts—
Every bill and every lie.
You don't get to call this winning
While we're barely scraping by.
Get your hands out of our pockets,
Get your boot off of our necks.
You work for us, you son of a bitch—
And we ain't done counting yet.
[Verse 2]
They held Luis at his check-in;
His girl sat on the stair.
She asked if she should save his plate.
We left it sitting there.
Those Trump-coin buyers got their dinner,
All smiles beside the man.
He pardoned that crypto boss last fall—
Ain't mercy mighty grand?
Don't preach to me on law and order;
Here's what you oughta learn:
A right ain't something rich folks buy
And poor folks have to earn.
[Chorus]
Keep the receipts, keep the receipts—
Every bill and every lie.
You don't get to call this winning
While we're barely scraping by.
Get your hands out of our pockets,
Get your boot off of our necks.
You work for us, you son of a bitch—
And we ain't done counting yet.
[Bridge]
Now Trump says five grand for grown folks
If Republicans hold the Hill.
Congress has to pass it first—
You can't cash an "if" or "will."
New rules for mailed-in ballots—
The court has blocked that play.
My mama's vote belongs to her—
Get your filthy hands away.
[Final Chorus]
KEEP THE RECEIPTS, KEEP THE RECEIPTS—
Every bill and every lie.
We'll remember come November;
Kiss your free pass goodbye.
Get your hands out of our pockets,
Get your boot off of our necks.
YOU WORK FOR US, YOU SON OF A B*TCH—
AND WE AIN'T DONE COUNTING YET.
[Outro]
I still love this country.
That's why I'm this pissed.
You wanted the job.
Now answer for it.
Behind the lyrics
A father's shoebox of receipts becomes the method for judging a government. The verses move from grocery math and a son deployed overseas to crypto dinners, pardons and new mail-in ballot rules, and the chorus turns the ledger into a demand. It is angry, loyal and profane in roughly equal parts.
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