Songtext Duty The Levellers

Duty

So you've done your duty, relax,
Four and twenty for life,
But that faceless man and his plans
Has been giving you sleepless nights,
Reap all you've sown,
He'll make you bleed,
This is the hunger you can't feed

There's a white knuckle ride in the queue,
You don't know what to say,
You've always played by the rules,
And now it's redundancy day,
You've worked hard all this life,
Still you can't go free,
This is the hunger you can't feed

I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
There're killers and thieves who need to be paid,
So be grateful, grateful
I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
There're killers and thieves who need to be paid,So be grateful, grateful

We have no offshore account,
No mountain of gold in a vault,
We get by on final demands,
Living under assault,
Another bailiff to fight,
He'll make you bleed,
This is the hunger you can't feed

I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
There're killers and thieves who need to be paid,
So be grateful, grateful
I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
There're killers and thieves who need to be paid,
So be grateful, grateful

Reap all you've sown,
He'll make you bleed,
This is the hunger you can't feed
Yeah, I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
There're killers and thieves who need to be paid,
So be grateful, grateful
I take it all and I hide it away,
Just be grateful, grateful,
'cos there're killers and thieves who need to be paid,
So be grateful, grateful
Grateful!
Grateful!
Grateful!