good life of song

well

i call this room to order

gather round now and hear my song

if you're drunk or at its border

listen well

this won't take long

there's no doubting fortune's favour

when it tells you you're the one

but may the real fruits of your labour

be sown by you alone

oh

good life of singing

good life of song

won't you grant us our full measure

when our day is done

oh

good wine and winning

good nights so long

won't you ease us through our toiling

the road is very long

after long weeks in the corner

where the wine won't make you drunk

but you held your place with honour

among the bards and the troubadours

this is no roaming lamentation

no ode to those who've gone

but a joyful incantation

to the road we've come upon

oh

good life of singing

good life of song

won't you ease us through our toiling

the road is very long

oh

good wine and winning

good nights so long

won't you grant us our full measure

for now we must go on

good life of singing

good life of song

go tell it on the mountain

let them know we passed this way

let them see we came as equals

let them know we weren't afraid

and they'll feel your love of music

in every note you play

well

it leaves you if you don't use it

don't let it slip away

oh

good life of singing

good life of song

how you granted us our measure

when our work was done

oh

good days of drinking

good nights so long

how you eased us through our toiling

for now we must go on

good life of singing

good life of song

good life of singing

good life so long