Everyday
I've woken up long before the sun
Never
cared for politics, I've never voted once
Worked
in clay and molded plates your family's eaten from
And
I've always needed backbone in everything I've done.
Never
been a clever man, I've never had my say
All
I ask is honesty for all the tax I've paid
Sown
the seed out in the fields and grew the wheat and corn
And
I've always needed backbone in everything I've done.
I've
always needed backbone
And
got along somehow
But
the pressures of this modern world
Test
my patience now
We're
helpless and our hands are tied
They've
melted down our ploughs
And
it seems to me that no one needs
Our
backbone now.
Raised
my kids and kept my wife the right and proper way
Families
don't pull together, they pull away
Bound
the books that you have read and handed your sons
And
I've always needed backbone in everything I've done.
I've
always needed backbone
And
got along somehow
But
the pressures of this modern world
Test
my patience now
We're
helpless and our hands are tied
They've
melted down our ploughs
And
it seems to me that no one needs
Our
backbone now.
I was
taught that craftsmen
Were
the backbone of the land
But
heritage has gone before
And
no one gives a damn
Computers
and technology
Are
built to teach us how
And
the giant hands of progress boys
Have
crushed our backbone now
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