Salt of the Earth [Rock and Roll Circus]

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Keith Richards] Let's drink to the hard working people Let's think ofthe lowly of birth Raise your glass to the good and the evil Let's drink to the salt of the earth [Verse 2: Mick Jagger] Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare a thought for his back-breaking work Spare a thought for his wife and his children Who burn the fires and who still till the earth [Bridge: Mick] When I look into this faceless crowd A swirling mass of gray, blue, black and white They don't look real to me In fact, they look so strange, yeah [Verse 3: Mick and Keith] Raise your glass to the hardworking people Let's drink to the uncounted heads Let's think of the wavering millions Who need leading but get gamblers instead [Verse 4: Mick and Keith] Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows And a parade of the gray-suited grafters A choice of cancer or polio [Bridge: Mick] When I look into this faceless crowd A swirling mass of gray and black and white Do we all look real to you Oh, don't they look so strange? [Verse 5: All] Let's drink to the hardworking people Let's think of the lowly of birth Spare a thought for the rag taggy people Let's drink to the salt of the earth [Verse 6: All] Let's drink to the hardworking people Let's drink to the salt of the earth Let's drink to the two thousand million Let's think of the humble of birth [Outro: Choir] Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth