on the job

those who are trapped beneath the solid ice
do not deserve the charges that they face
but we must work each day to earn our rice

things are not valued at their highest price
we do not have to spend much time to trace
those who are trapped beneath the solid ice

there are much better means and sound device
to track the paths and laud the ways of grace
but we must work each day to earn our rice

left long ago to gnawings of the mice
we can't forget the ones who were in place
those who are trapped beneath the solid ice

such as you speak of never are precise
to claim that even our sight might debase
but we must work each day to earn our rice

yet through the year we're forced to be most nice
to everyone who says that they still chase
those who are trapped beneath the solid ice
but we must work each day to earn our rice