Country music is all about the real lives of working class people, so it's no surprise that unemployment, getting fired and getting laid off are all popular themes.

The genre boats a ton of songs about work in general — especially blue-collar work — but songs about parting ways with your employer are a little harder to find. Still, if you're looking for a great song to sing your out-of-work blues, country music still has plenty of great options.

Johnny Paycheck 's "Take This Job and Shove It" is a popular rallying cry for workers, and one of the all-time greatest musical kiss-offs to a boss who isn't treating employees right.

Several more songs are odes to the Average Joes who often lose their jobs in the name of progress and industry streamlining. Ronnie Dunn 's "Cost of Livin'" a

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