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lyrics

You look so unemployed tonight
I brought the matches and the flashlight
We can wander past the public pool
And stop behind the old abandoned school
Where we first dated
The letters are faded with age,
But it’s still painted there in teenage haste:

Never work
Never suffer
Never tip your hat to another
Never be a ma’am or a sir
Never work

Lying on our backs on the old tennis court
I was never into racket sports
But remember hiding from the teachers?
Our own society underneath the bleachers
We were dreamers
The smell of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal
We had the spark; we wanted more sparkle

Never work
Never suffer
Never beat the team to the buzzer
Never button your shirt
Never work

The stars are out: there’s Orion, there’s Ursa Major Walking hand in hand like we’re still teenagers
Hard to imagine this used to be a bank
I siphoned six or seven litres from the tank
Your folks won’t mind
They barely drive, ‘cause they’re retired
And everybody loves a good bonfire

Never work
Never suffer
Never let the going get tougher
Never be too clean for the dirt
Never work

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from Never Work, released May 1, 2020

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