When I first heard this song I worked for Shop Rite for $3.76 an hour in a north new jersey town. TPTB later found the tasks I was required to do unsuitable for a 16 year old boy, the bailer that crushed cardboard was my racket. The culture of the union was extreme and dominate because my union dues exceeded the amount of tax out of my pay check. My boss abused me and forced me to swallow speed pills, yellows or blackies 10 for a dollar and it worked for me, Captain Jack was on the radio and Candy O by the Cars knocked at number one. I have no regrets and worked hard every day, learned that the real world owns your mistakes. I'm still alive somehow but others along the way have fallen hard, the energy and attitude of the early 1980's will never be understood until the story is told, perhaps some drama... anyway when I first heard Movin Out I was a high school sophomore getting high with a few bucks and Brenda & Eddie lived upstairs. The world has turned behind my back, I as witness. I'm still trying to figure thing out.