Honest Work Lyrics - 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 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 

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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 

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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