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Nothing here is sacred
This is still my creed
Buy a basket from the weaver
Set it down among the reeds
Drop a pebble in the water
Lay this stone on solid ground
Now look into the sunrise
There's work to do

You never have much time
And you work for no reward
From daybreak to darkness
It puts you to the sword
The corn won't sow itself
And the plough hits solid ground
It's a lonely old life
When there's work to do

And the work that you do lasts every day
And your everyday work leaves nothing to show
So bend your back, one last time
And lay down this stone

When you look into the mirror
And the room stares back at you
And you're nowhere to be seen
Then you know it's time to
Find the pebble in the water
Polished like a jewel
And at the foot of your cathedral
Is the stone beneath the stone
In the country you made your own
There's work to do

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from Album Of Songs No​.​1, released August 1, 2007
© Jon Horne 2007

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Jon Horne Edinburgh, UK

Chronicling the folibles of the age via the medium of contemporary folk song since 2005.

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