Labor Day

Featuring Jody Seidman on percussion

Labor Day
 
 You've got to give a little, take a little, make a little,
 but don't take it away…
 
 Come on down, down, down, taste the life.
 Buy nice things for your children and wife.
 Twenty down on a twenty year loan.
 Play the game, sign your name, stay the same,
 own a home.
 
 But don't let on, boy,
 it's not your game.
 Tow the line and pray
 it doesn't happen again.
 
 Give a little, take a little, make a little,
 but don't take it away…
 
 Come on down, down, down, invest your life.
 Protect your kids, protect you wife.
 We need your help, we need your time.
 But don't be late, don't tempt fate, pay the rate,
 and keep on tryin’.
 
 Just to give a little, take a little, make a little,
 but don't take it away…
 
 We need your help, and time.
 Don’t be late, just keep on tryin’
 
 Don't let on, boy,
 it's not your game.
 Tow the line and pray
 it doesn't happen again.
 
 You've got to give a little, take a little, make a little,
 but don't take it away…
 
 Don't take it away. 
 Don't give it away.
 
 © Mark Gregory Petrie / Mystic Dream Merchants Publishing / ASCAP