Honest Work - Todd Rundgren

I’m not afraid to bend my back

I’m not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For the lack of honest work

My family is lost to me

They couldn’t bear the hurt

To see the state their boy is in

For the lack of honest work

I hold no blame for anyone

'Twas I who did arrange

To pay my union dues so I’d

Not have to learn or change

And when I was replaced was I

Who started down the hill

And drank away my savings 'till

I couldn’t stop myself

The prophets of a brave new world

Captains of industry

Have visions grand and great designs

But non 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 I’m not the only one

To fall beneath the wheel

Such company can not assuage

The loneliness I feel

So many are resigned to be

Society’s debris

But I will be remembered for

The life life took from me