lirik lagu joe glazer - leaning on a shovel
[intro]
“well, the new deal came on. lot of programs, lot of letters. wpa, pwa, nya, triple~a, rea, nra. many other agencies. some people made fun of these bewildering array of letters, especially the wpa, the works progress administration, which provided jobs for millions and millions of unemployed, a massive program. they said, ‘well, those workers were leaning on shovels or raking leaves—they werеn’t doing much.’ and of course, there was somе of that. but millions on wpa rebuilt the country. thousands of schools and bridges and dams. and of course, the people had work and they had a paycheck, and they had a little bit of dignity. there was a wpa worker. he got mad—he was working hard and he had a job for the first time, and he felt the story wasn’t told. so he wrote this little song, ‘leaning on a shovel’.”
[verse 1]
we’ve made a lot of lovely things
while leaning on a shovel
parks with flowers and sparkling springs
just leaning on a shovel
winding roads and highways straight
wonderful buildings that house the great
we built them all at our lazy gait
just leaning on a shovel
[chorus]
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning on a shovel
ha, ha, ha
[verse 2]
we built museums and concert halls
just leaning on a shovel
we painted murals on lots of walls
just leaning on a shovel
we gave musicians work to do
actors and writers were part of our crew
and we had a better nation when we got through
just leaning on a shovel
[chorus]
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning on a shovel
ha, ha, ha
[verse 3]
we built dams on bridges by the score
just leaning on a shovel
and lots of housing for the poor
just leaning on a shovel
we built playgrounds and lots of swimming pools
and hundreds and hundreds of public schools
we built them all with our meager tools
just leaning on a shovel
[chorus]
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning, ha, ha, ha
leaning on a shovel
ha, ha, ha
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