grindstone

i'm just a common man no different from the rest
one foot 'fore the other trying to do my very best
nose up on the grindstone son my daddy once decried
what he never told me was the grindstone never dies
but we do … lord knows, yes we do

everything i ever did and all that i'll have done
amounts to only nothing with the passing of the sun
a man can build a castle a kingdom at his will
the wind can blow a stone wall down and keep on blowing still
oh it blows … lord knows, yeah it blows

and so we all go on one day at a time
princes to poppers oh my friends i think you'll find
you never know just when that last breath will come
all we all can do is … make it a good one

a fancy car a brand new cap a house up on the hill
the gimme-that toy of a little boy a junkies favorite pill
all adds up to once it was now never lasts
a glimmering star up in the dark it's shimmer comes to pass
and so it will … oh it will

and so we all go on one day at a time
princes to poppers oh my friends i think you'll find
you never know just when that last breath will come
all we all can do is … make it a good one

it's the lovely little things in life that keep us going strong
the people and the places and the changes in a song
let the grindstone grind on can't stop the wind from blowing
let the love flowing in your heart heat your chilling bones
oh it does, lord knows yes it does
let the love flowing heat your heart, lord knows it does

and so we all go on one day at a time
princes to poppers oh my friends i think you'll find
you never know just when that last breath will come
all we all can do is … make it a good one

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