The Early Days of a Better Nation (2008)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Fall asleep with the TV on Wake with an ache, it's another week gone Consider how my life is spent Where it was that the real thing went I asked a wise man for advice Told me once and he told me twice "Your life is one long damage limitation" He smacked me hard around the head Handed me a card that read [Chorus] "Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation" Work like you were living in thе early days of a better nation [Verse 2] "Play that tunе again," I cried "It's dead and gone," the band replied But as they slowly tried it through The hands remembered what they had to do They gave it poke, they gave it licks The name of the tune is "Laying the Bricks" Let music be the people's sure foundation I stood outside the Albert Hall Wept and wrote upon the wall [Chorus] "Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation" Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation [Verse 3] We take the water to the tree She said, "Now do the same for me It takes your sweat as well as art To dig a channel for the human heart There is no garden of delight Unless you weed it day and night Don't leave your life a lifelong long vacation" I hear her whisper when we meet As we crawl beneath the sheet [Chorus] She said, "Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation" Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation Living in the early days of a better nation [Outro] Living in the early days Living in the early days Living in the early days of a better nation When you're living in the early days of a better nation When you're living in the early days of a better nation When you're living in the early days of a better nation When you're living in the early days of a better nation