Backbone lyrics

Everyday I`ve woken up long before the sun
Never cared for politics, I`ve never voted once
Worked in clay and molded plates your family`s eaten from
And I`ve always needed backbone in everything I`ve done.

Never been a clever man, I`ve never had my say
All I ask is honesty for all the tax I`ve paid
Sown the seed out in the fields and grew the wheat and corn
And I`ve always needed backbone in everything I`ve done.

I`ve always needed backbone
And got along somehow
But the pressures of this modern world
Test my patience now
We`re helpless and our hands are tied
They`ve melted down our ploughs
And it seems to me that no one needs
Our backbone now.

Raised my kids and kept my wife the right and proper way
Families don`t pull together, they pull away
Bound the books that you have read and handed your sons
And I`ve always needed backbone in everything I`ve done.

I`ve always needed backbone
And got along somehow
But the pressures of this modern world
Test my patience now
We`re helpless and our hands are tied
They`ve melted down our ploughs
And it seems to me that no one needs
Our backbone now.

I was taught that craftsmen
Were the backbone of the land
But heritage has gone before
And no one gives a damn
Computers and technology
Are built to teach us how
And the giant hands of progress boys
Have crushed our backbone now
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