Keep on Working
Embracing Life's Joys: Keep Working for Happiness
Lyrics
I was digging in the yard today
I engaged in digging in the yard today.
When a letter came from Southampton way
Received a letter from Southampton.
Keep on working
Encouragement to continue working.
Keep on working
Reiteration of the encouragement to keep working.
I must admit I was a bit in the red
Admitted being financially strained.
But if you never have pleasure then you could be dead
Philosophical reflection on the importance of pleasure in life.
Keep on working
Reiteration of the encouragement to keep working despite challenges.
Keep on working
Continued encouragement to persevere in work.
But there's on thing
Highlighting an enduring aspect that cannot be taken away.
They can't take away
Emphasizing the importance of hearing the sea and seeing joy.
Hear the sea sing
Encouragement to find contentment in simple pleasures.
See a smiling face
Expressing satisfaction and confidence in the current situation.
I think we're OK
Suggesting that despite potential challenges, things are generally fine.
Though we all could be mad
Acknowledging the possibility of madness in everyone.
That's what they say
Conveying that being labeled as bad may not be accurate for everyone.
We just can't all be bad
Asserting that not everyone can be inherently bad.
I got something now to think about
Having something to contemplate now.
I'll work all day but not to pay it out
Willing to work all day for a purpose other than financial gain.
Keep on working
Reiteration of the encouragement to keep working for a meaningful cause.
Keep on working
Continued encouragement to persevere in work.
Don't care if they say where a dying race
Indifference towards criticism of being a dying race.
I'd rather be here than any other place
Expressing a preference for the current situation over any other place.
Keep on working
Reiteration of the encouragement to keep working despite criticism.
Keep on working
Continued encouragement to persevere in work.
And there's another whirl
Highlighting an intangible aspect that remains untouched by external influences.
They can't ever touch
Stressing the value of a simple connection between a boy and girl.
Just need a boy and girl
Emphasizing the low cost of such a connection.
It don't cost you much
Expressing the potential joy of having children at play.
And if your luck is in
Highlighting the possibility of laughter and singing through the generations.
you might have kids at play
Emphasizing the positive outcome of luck in family life.
To make you laugh and sing
Highlighting the joy that children bring in old age.
When you're old and gray
Reflecting on the happiness of laughter and singing in old age.
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