Blackbird sitting on an open gate

Old camel now walking the plains

West wind blowing in waist high weed

A-sideways of the rain A bloodhound spent

Can't get no trail

Ain't no sign of man

Wanna get ourselves

On the straight and the narrow

Gonna need a better plan I roll your sleeves up

I hold back the ***

I fill these bags with sand

Every young boy, woman

And every man

Has got to lend a hand Now it ain't no old wife's tale

It ain't no fable

Payback is coming around

The hourglass

Sitting there on the table

Filled on both sides now The work is potluck

I *** a hatchet

Now, wearing a glove that fits

You can't take a punch

Well, you might as well quit

Won't matter how hard you hit I roll your sleeves up

Shovel the land

I rise up and learn how to stand

Now, you're a toothless woman

Or a one armed man

You too got to lend a hand We're losing daylight

You got to be swift

You ain't got brains

Yeah, you can lift Now, be an optimist

See the glass half full

You don't got a life

What you got, eat it And when your father gets home

Gonna turn on the lights

We're up to our throats in knifes

Those eyes will flash

And his teeth will grind

He'll say, "You're on your own, look alive" Suppose I quit shooting

My wayward tribe

Whatever would you do?

Now take me to Hades

Or take me to Memphis

Just don't take me for one of you I roll your sleeves up

The fat lady sang

Now, *** your buckets and cans

Come over the border

Your papers in order

You too got to lend a hand I roll your sleeves up

I hold back the ***

I fill these bags with sand

Every young boy, woman

And every tired old man

You too got to lend a hand