Honest Work Lyrics - Graham Parker

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 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 

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 

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Chorus repeat 

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