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 Chorus Shouda li li li dumb dumb 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 Chorus repeat 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 Chorus repeat --- Honest Work - Graham Parker