Everybody's Got To Work
Channel: Jonathan Mann
Date: 2019-07-11

I’ve got to work
You’ve got to work
So sisyphean
Heavy on the work
Nothing more American
All we do is work
Compete and you could win
And win 
Just work

 You don’t work
You don’t eat
You stand still
There’s no money
If someone works
40 hours a week
The story goes they
Shouldn’t be 
hungry
Dignity belongs
To an honest days labor
Johnny 5 will take your job
Sooner or later
Nose to the grindstone
Pray at the alter
The puritans built
On the bones 

Who are you
But what you do
You’ve got no worth
Beyond your work
You don’t deserve
A place on earth
If you don’t work

Prove to the world
That you’re worth a damn
Work even if you’re on
Vacation
Even better post about it
On Instagram
The puratins would be proud


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Hi there! If you're new around these parts, welcome. I'm Jonathan Mann. I write a song every single day, and I've been doing that for the last 10+ years.

Through sick days, tired days, days with no inspiration, the death of my grandma, the breakup of a 5 year long relationship, the marriage to my wife and the birth of our son - I've never missed a day. This is my life's work.