Jakob Dylan - Lend a Hand lyrics

Blackbird sitting on an open gate Cattle out walking the plains West wind blowing waist-high wheat Sideways in the rain Bloodhounds spent, can't get no trail There ain't no sign of man Wanna get ourselves on the straight and the narrow Gonna need a better plan Oh roll your sleeves up Hold back the dam Now fill these bags with sand Every young boy, woman, and every man Has got to lend a hand It ain't no wives tale It ain't no fable Payback is coming around The hourgla** is sitting there on the table Filled on both sides now The work is potluck Grab a hatchet Now wear any glove that fits You can't take a punch Well you might as well quit Won't matter how hard you hit Roll your sleeves up Shovel the land Rise up and learn how to stand Now you're a toothless woman or a one-armed man You too got to lend a hand We're losing daylight You've got to be swift You ain't got brains Then you can lift Now be an optimist See the gla** half full You don't got to like what you've got in it Now when your father gets home Gonna turn on the lights We're up to our throats in knives Now his eyes will flash and his teeth will grind He'll say: "You're on your own, look alive" Suppose I quit you, my wayward tribe Whatever would you do? Now take me to Hades or take me to Memphis Just don't take me for one of you Now roll your sleeves up The fat lady sang Now grab your buckets and cans Come over the border Your papers in order You too got to lend a hand Now roll your sleeves up I'll hold back the dam I'll fill these bags with sand Every young boy, woman, every tired old man You too got to lend a hand