I work like a dog in the Bakersfield heat
There’s a pain in my back and a hurt in my seat
My legs they are sore and my feet they are numb
And that pound in my head like the beat of a drum
The good book it says that a man who won’t work
Well he shouldn’t even eat … that old lazy jerk
Not word for word but the meaning you get
You work for your keep and your family is set
I really don’t mind doing my part
But it seems really dark the earlier I start
And when I finish the sun has gone down
The street lights already are painting the town
The days they all melt into fatigable one
My work never finished the job never done
When my sore body at last hits the hay
The pain in my shoulder just might go away
I’m so excited my head it will spin
Because tomorrow morning I start all again!
David Kettler
Written 5/20/09
This poem just came about one morning when I was so sore that I could barely get out of my chair. I can’t even remember what I did the day before but I remember that it was a very full day of hard physical labor! Mom says that we get the work ethic from the Rodreick side of the family. I know my brother Dick sure has it, even Mark says that he can work any of us under the table!
There’s a pain in my back and a hurt in my seat
My legs they are sore and my feet they are numb
And that pound in my head like the beat of a drum
The good book it says that a man who won’t work
Well he shouldn’t even eat … that old lazy jerk
Not word for word but the meaning you get
You work for your keep and your family is set
I really don’t mind doing my part
But it seems really dark the earlier I start
And when I finish the sun has gone down
The street lights already are painting the town
The days they all melt into fatigable one
My work never finished the job never done
When my sore body at last hits the hay
The pain in my shoulder just might go away
I’m so excited my head it will spin
Because tomorrow morning I start all again!
David Kettler
Written 5/20/09
This poem just came about one morning when I was so sore that I could barely get out of my chair. I can’t even remember what I did the day before but I remember that it was a very full day of hard physical labor! Mom says that we get the work ethic from the Rodreick side of the family. I know my brother Dick sure has it, even Mark says that he can work any of us under the table!
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