And some get nothing Though there's plenty to spare
[00:09.73]Come to the dinner gong [00:11.32] [00:12.60]The table is laden high [00:14.78] [00:15.71]Fat bellies and hungry little ones [00:18.55] [00:19.55]Tuck your napkins in [00:21.89]And take your share [00:23.69] [00:24.51]Some get the gravy [00:25.51] [00:27.27]And some get the gristle [00:28.57] [00:30.36]Some get the marrow bone [00:32.18] [00:33.52]And some get nothing [00:34.90] [00:36.13]Though there's plenty to spare [00:37.94] [00:42.04]I took my share down by the sea [00:44.62] [00:45.99]Paper plates and javex bottles on the tide [00:48.69] [00:49.95]Seagulls come down [00:50.78]And they squawk at me [00:52.67] [00:54.12]Down where the water skiers glide [00:59.19] [01:10.27]Some turn to jesus [01:11.60] [01:13.19]And some turn to h****n [01:14.72] [01:16.19]Some turn to rambling round [01:18.13] [01:19.86]Looking for a clean sky [01:21.57] [01:22.30]And a drinking stream [01:23.82] [01:24.78]Some watch the paint peel off [01:26.88] [01:27.49]Some watch their kids grow up [01:29.51] [01:30.53]Some watch their stocks and bonds [01:32.59] [01:33.94]Waiting for that big deal [01:36.62]American dream [01:37.95] [01:42.05]I took my dream down by the sea [01:44.71] [01:46.04]Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine [01:48.82] [01:49.73]And logs and sails [01:51.35] [01:51.86]And shell oil pails [01:53.15] [01:53.66]Dogs and tugs and summertime [01:55.85] [01:56.95]Back in the banquet line [01:59.09] [01:59.70]Angry young people crying [02:02.06] [02:06.67]Who let the greedy in [02:08.35] [02:09.42]And who left the needy out [02:11.48] [02:12.52]Who made this salty soup [02:14.76] [02:16.23]Tell him we're very hungry now [02:18.28]For a sweeter fare [02:20.16] [02:22.49]In the cookie I read [02:23.67] [02:24.51]Some get the gravy [02:26.12] [02:27.65]And some get the gristle [02:29.16] [02:30.87]Some get the marrow bone [02:32.48] [02:33.89]And some get nothing [02:36.23]Though there's plenty to spare
