the kingdom is within you

When the foreman came

He helped me understand

That my destiny was

Mortar in the almighty's hand

Then they shipped my ass

And they worked me place to place

Then delivered me

To the combines as ward of the state

Come find me

I'm here today but don't belong

I'm working till the debt is gone

The upside of it

The upside of it

But in a most familiar way

I'm begging you to understand

I try to be a decent man

The upside of it

The upside of it

Night work shattered me with overtime

And they fined me

White kids say they sympathize

But they're afraid to look me in the eyes

Up up up up up in the sky some place

I got treasures up in heaven

And the state just takes the rest

I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith

For sometime

I gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen

Down the line

But they make it hard to pay for things

Outside of cigarettes

Mm - it's just jobs we're in

Well alright then

And amen

Come find me!

I'm here today but don't belong

I'm working'till the debt is gone

The upside of it

The upside of it

And in a most familiar way

I'm begging you to understand

I try to be a decent man

The upside of it

The upside of it

In the unrelieved serenity back home

I wonder how they talk of me

Do Isend the card with mountains on?

Or the one with all the riot police?

I don't open doors for the uniform

Skulking shadows

That break in at the dawn time

To haul us away

Do you know how it feels?

I can recite every

Libel and terrible thing I get

'Cause I built this place

Alrighty!

I'm here until I don't belong

I'm working till the debt is gone

The upside of it

The upside of it

And in a most familiar way

I'm begging you to understand

I try to be a decent man

The upside of it

The upside of it

The upside of it

The upside of it