say a prayer for his wife and his children
Let s drink to the salt of the earth, black and white The, let s drink to the lowly of birth
Let s drink to the salt of the earth, let s drink to the salt of the earth Salt, his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
Let s drink to the salt of the earth, let s think of the humble of birth
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth, let s drink to the salt of the earth
They look so strange, they don t look real to me or don t they look so strange, black and white
let s think of the wavering millions
Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter, let s drink to the hard working people
Raise your glass to the hard working people, let s drink to the lowly of birth
who need leaders but get gamblers instead
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth, who need leaders but get gamblers instead
let s think of the wavering millions
Spare a thought for his back breaking work, spare a thought for his back breaking work, say a prayer for the common foot soldier
let s drink to the salt of the earth
say a prayer for his wife and his children
Let s drink to the uncounted heads, let s drink to the salt of the earth
Say a prayer for his wife and his children, who burn the fires and who still till the earth
A swirling mass of gray and, a swirling mass of gray and
Let s drink to the salt of the earth, a choice of cancer or polio The, let s drink to the two thousand million
Black and white, a choice of cancer or polio