Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Honest Work, artist - Graham Parker. Album song These Dreams Will Never Sleep: The Best Of Graham Parker 1976 – 2015, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 29.09.2016
Record label: ELLISCLAN
Song language: English
Honest Work |
As long as you give me my pay |
You’ll get your moneys worth |
I’ll be there 8 hours a day |
I won’t hide and I won’t shirk |
I got a way with a hammer and a nail |
A dovetail and a tongue and groove |
Put up a wall in half a day |
Guarantee it’ll never move |
Shouda li li li dum dum a day |
Honest work |
I’m gonna build a strong foundation |
Marble walls like Grand Central Station |
Not gonna feel any more frustration |
Do enough work for an entire nation |
Gonna get a chisel and an awl and a saw |
Carve my name out on your door |
A block and tackle and a spirit level |
Take your heart of glass and put on a bevel |
Got to build a strong foundation |
Strong enough to hold up a nation |
Strong enough to put your faith in |
The roof won’t leak and the floor won’t cave in |
Gonna get a lathe and a capstan press |
Take an old claw hammer to this mess |
Gonna knock down the walls of denial |
Wear 'em down with a pick and a file |