Sorry for all the repeats. I should've edited them out.

Hi fifty-two!
Thanks for the lyrics. I always thought of this song as a laborer's song. When the big wigs who open factories, mines etc. actually did build row houses and company stores. So all the rent and all the workers' money would go back to the company.

The song was appropriate for Don as far as "owing his soul to the company". Don is far better off than the men this song was written about.

Don told Connie his family lost their farm and ended up in coal country. Was that before or after Archie's death?

And in the scene with Don remembering/imagining Archie telling him he had soft hands like a woman, this song seems to reflect the difference between their two lives. Don loses track of his roots sometimes, even though deep down he knows what kind of life he escaped.

Of course, the reason this song was so popular in its day, is because it became an anthem for every working slob who ever felt unappreciated. "There's not one thing that you've done here that I couldn't live without". Working for The Man can be humiliating and just plain tough. And we all have to evaluate what we get in return. Is it worth it?

Dick/Don lived in Pennsylvania coal country.
Bert practically forced Don to sign a contract he didn't want.
Betty pushed him to sign the contract.

Yeah, the song resonates with him. "I owe my soul... to the company store."

But Don's the kind of guy who makes lemonade out of lemons. Apparently in the next episode he's going to be bouncing around the country, Maybe headed for Rome and taking Betty with him..

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