A Day’s Work for the Dayo’s Done

Cautionary family man Attending to business His best he can Mrs. Missadventure will say Check for one million in the post today And like a dream come true Only ourselves to please When I can hold on to These precious things We are not rich We are not poor We never stand tall On what we know And every day Will mean the same To those we love We raise our voice Irish whisky and a table for two On troublesome occassion The best thing to do Take advantage of myself and my time I don't give up easily What is rightly mine We are not rich We are not poor We never stand tall On what we know Cautionary family man Attending to business His best he can Mrs. Misadventure will say Check for one million in the post today Cautionary family man Protecting his interests As best he can Mrs. Missadventure will say He will buy his wealthy in the world today (alt.: ain't nobody is wealthy in the world today) And like a dream come true Only ourselves to please When I can hold on to These precious things We are not rich We are not poor We never stand tall On what we know And every day Will mean the same To those we love We raise our voice