Honest Work — текст песни (Todd Rundgren)

Im not afraid to bend my back

Im not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For lack of honest work

My family is lost to me

They could not bear the hurt

To see the state their boy is in

For lack of honest work



I hold no blame for anyone

twas I who did arrange

To pay my union dues so id

Not have to learn or change

And when I was replaced, twas i

Who started down the hill

And drank away my savings til

I couldnt stop myself



The prophets of a brave new world

Captains of industry

Have visions grand and great designs

But none have room for me

They see a world where everyone

Is rich and smart and young

But if I live to see such things

Too late for me they come



I know Im not the only one

To fall beneath the wheel

Such company can not assuage

The loneliness I feel

So many are resigned to be

Societys debris

But I will be remembered for

The life life took from me



For Im not afraid to bend my back

Im not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For lack of honest work