HONEST WORK
(Todd Lungren)

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 design
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 cannot 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.

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