salt of the earth

lets drink to the hard working people

lets drink to the lowly of birth. raise your glass to the good and the evil

lets drink to the salt of the earth. say a prayer for the common foot soldier

spare a thought for his back breaking work. say a prayer for his wife and his children

who burn the fires and who still till the earth. and when i search a faceless crowd

a swirling mass of gray and black and white. they don't look real to me

in fact

they look so strange. raise your glass to the hard working people

lets drink to the uncounted heads. lets think of the wandering millions

who need leaders but get gamblers instead. 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. and when i search a faceless crowd

a swirling mass of gray and black and white. they don't look real to me

in fact

they look so strange. lets drink to the hard working people

lets think of the lowly of birth. spare a thought for the rag taggy people

sets drink to the salt of the earth. lets drink to the hard working people

lets drink to the salt of the earth. lets think of the two thousand million

lets think of the humble of birth.