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Fingers to the bone

Words & music by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse and Ian Paice

Everything went wrong, I'm sorry boys, I have to let you go
Ah we've had some hard times and the long rain, it didn't show
Hired hands, I've seen them come and go but you don't come much better
Ah today's Blue Monday, I just got a bad news letter

This day has come, the darkest cloud on our horizon
My hands are tied down to that promise note I signed upon
Always been this way, it's the poor man who gets hurt
And all you ever work for is to leave your footprints in the dirt

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone

The deed is done, the fruit will fall to someone else's hand
That's how the land lies, now we all know where we stand
You'll have to walk away, don't let them see you running
Ah today's Blue Monday and I should've seen it coming

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
Ah your fingers to the bone

If sweat and tears were all it took to make this valley green
Ah we'd be alright but now it's gone, they've taken everything
They say it's just an act of God and that's the way the ill wind blows
You've got thirty days to pack your bags, say goodbye, hit the road

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone

You work your fingers to the bone