The "Old Boys"

The "Old Boys"
written by Rod Hatter
started May 21, 2006
finished Dec. 26, 2011
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In my job I work with metal
In my job I work with wood.
In my job I work with concrete or fabric,
and I work whenever I should.
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I am a hard working craftsman,
don't work in haste... or for greed.
An honest days wage, for the day's work...
That's all that I feel I need.
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I learned my trade from "The Old Boys".
They taught me how to use tools.
They showed me how to pay attention,
and taught me not to act the fool.
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"The Old Boys"...they were real craftsman,
and what they did...was done with pride.
Those were the days when quality mattered.
They never let errors slide.
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Nowadays things seem different...
Nothing seems to function or last.
It's all about the almighty dollar,
We've forgotten lessons of past.
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We buy stuff that's made...across seven seas
....way off in some foreign lands.
Or made by machines...computers or robots...
and not by someone's hands...
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So don't forget "The Old Boys"
who cared about making things work.
When your new fangled thing has given up,
and you want to go quite beserk.
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If we could just get together...
and get back to making goods...
Made in the U.S. by "The Old Boys"...
performing...as those things should.
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Then we could all make a living,
...Working with quality...
satisfaction in just knowing,
things are as they should be...
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Not wasting our resources,
that Nature does provide...
but making stuff...that truely lasts...
filling us all with pride.
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