\"Lyrics
SEARCH HERE:
BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME:
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SITE MENU
Last Updates
Request Lyrics
Submit / Correct
Popularity Charts
VISITORS
Login / Register
Your Thoughts
My Playlists
[ More Todd Rundgren lyrics ]
add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment

Artist/Band: Todd Rundgren
Lyrics for Song: Honest Work
Lyrics for Album: A Cappella [1985]



I'm not afraid to bend my back

I'm 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 I'd

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 couldn't 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 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



For I'm not afraid to bend my back

I'm not afraid of dirt

But how I fear the things I do

For lack of honest work


Album Lyrics: A Cappella [1985]


Todd Rundgren
"A Cappella [1985]"


1. Honest Work
2. Johnee Jingo
3. Lost Horizon
4. Pretending To Care