Letra de Hired Hands

I was standing in the hallway on a bright december morning Cursed the late-running postman as a letter struck the floor I ran a finger down the seal of the envelope as I was yawning ‘As from the new year you don’t work here anymore’ That’s all the thanks I’ll get for fifteen years of blood and sweat You’ve underhandedly had the best of me You were clearing your name when it all backfired You placed the blame in the hands you hired As you required somebody suffered and that’s not right That’s not right So they wrote to tell us that the company’s going under A case of unforeseen circumstances and a woefully shortsighted md But the boss has kept his job and I can’t help but wonder If he’d have acted differently with bills to pay and kids to feed That’s all the thanks I’ll get unless the postman’s gone and lost the cheque While you’ve shiftily had the best of me You were clearing your name when it all backfired You placed blame in the hands you hired As you required somebody suffered and that’s not right That’s not right You were clearing your name when it all backfired You placed the blame in the hands you hired As you required somebody suffered and that’s not right That’s not right That’s not right That’s not right