Текст песни The Bricklayer's Song - Ray Stevens
Dear
sir
I
write
this
note
to
you
to
tell
you
of
my
plight,
For
at
the
time
of
writing
it,
I'm
not
a
pretty
sight,
My
body
is
all
black
& blue,
my
face
a
deathly
grey,
And
I
write
this
note
to
say
why
I
am
not
at
work
today.
While
working
on
the
14th
floor
some
bricks
I
had
to
clear,
But
tossing
them
down
from
such
a
height,
was
not
a
good
idea,
The
foreman
wasn't
very
pleased,
he
is
an
awkward
sod,
And
he
said
I
had
to
cart
them
down
the
ladders
in
me
hod.
Well
clearing
all
these
bricks
by
hand,
it
was
so
very
slow,
So
I
hoisted
up
a
barrel
and
secured
a
rope
below.
But
in
me
haste
to
do
the
job,
I
was
too
blind
to
see,
That
a
barrel
full
of
building
bricks
was
heavier
than
me.
And
so
when
I
untied
the
rope,
the
barrel
fell
like
lead,
And
clinging
tightly
to
the
rope,
I
started
up
instead.
I
shot
up
like
a
rocket,
and
to
my
dismay
I
found
That
halfway
up
I
met
the
bloody
barrel
coming
down.
Well,
the
barrel
broke
me
shoulder
as
to
the
ground
it
sped,
And
when
I
reached
the
top,
I
banged
the
pulley
with
me
head.
But
I
clung
on
tightly,
numb
with
shock,
from
this
almighty
blow,
While
the
barrel
spilled
out
half
its
bricks
some
fourteen
floors
below.
Now
when
these
bricks
had
fallen
from
the
barrel
to
the
floor,
I
then
outweighed
the
barrel
& so
started
down
once
more.
But
I
clung
on
tightly
to
the
rope,
me
body
wracked
with
pain,
And
halfway
down
I
met
the
bloody
barrel
once
again.
The
force
of
this
collision
halfway
down
the
office
block,
Caused
multiple
abrasions
and
a
nasty
case
of
shock,
But
I
clung
on
tightly
to
the
rope
as
I
fell
towards
the
ground,
And
I
landed
on
the
broken
bricks
the
barrel
had
scattered
round.
Well
as
I
lay
there
on
the
floor
I
thought
I'd
passed
the
worst,
But
the
barrel
hit
the
pulley
wheel
& then
the
bottom
burst.
A
shower
of
bricks
rained
down
on
me;
I
didn't
have
a
hope.
As
I
lay
there
bleeding
on
the
ground
I
let
go
the
bloody
rope.
The
barrel
now
being
heavier,
it
started
down
once
more.
It
landed
right
across
me
as
I
lay
there
on
the
floor.
It
broke
three
ribs
and
my
left
arm,
and
I
can
only
say,
"I
hope
you'll
understand
why
I
am
not
at
work
today."
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3 The Bricklayer's Song
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5 Meanwhile
6 Super Cop
7 If You And Yo' Folks Like Me And My Folks
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