Beer and The Bible

On the day he arrived with the light in his eyes He said all his farewells and all his goodbyes And he knew he'd find work, he was good with his hands And the money was good to you in this foreign land On the first night he met with a few big hard men Put his hand in his pocket again and again I'll replace it tomorrow and all will be right And he put down the hard stuff well up the night And he's walking all day just looking for leads As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes And he’s back to the pub and the old Rosary Beads It's back to the beer and the Bible In the cold light of day and the concrete and steel His sense of security started to reel And realisation, it was worse then he thought Pours over his head like cold tea from a pot And he knows them by heart, the signs and the jeers No men wanted, bugger off, no vacancies here Cos there's plenty of work if you're first in the line And there isn't a thousand before you So he's walking all day just looking for leads As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes And he’s back to the pub and the old Rosary Beads It's back to the beer and the Bible So he lowers his sights, "I'll do anything at all" To hell with the trowel and the straight narrow wall Sure a hod wouldn't hurt for a month maybe more Will you give me a job, you lousy old whore And he's walking all day just looking for leads As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes And he’s back to the pub and the old Rosary Beads back to the beer and the Bible It's a long time since he heard the waves on the shore Near the place that he came from a long time before So he drinks and he prays and he can't understand Why they don't need his skills here in this foreign land So he's walking all day just looking for leads As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes And he’s back to the pub and the old Rosary Beads It's back to the beer and the Bible Yes he's walking all day just looking for leads As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes And he’s back to the pub and the old Rosary Beads Back to the beer and the Bible Back to the beer and the Bible He’s gone back to the beer and the Bible