Name: Living for the Day
Duration: P00H05M28S
Description: Can’t decide if this song is delivering a positive or negative message…probably negative if we had to vote. The chorus is an arrangement of a tune written by Innes later lyricized by Calum.

Living for the Day

from Health and Safety by Man's Ruin

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Can’t decide if this song is delivering a positive or negative message…probably negative if we had to vote. The chorus is an arrangement of a tune written by Innes later lyricized by Calum.

lyrics

Working for the coal mine was a quiet lad from the Colton side
He left school as a young boy, chose a working mans life
Each day Tom woke up early, his back was strong, and his manner was kind but content the young mans mind can only keep for so long…

The men clocked out on Sunday and the custom was to go for a dram
most sheep snuck out the back way, but the wolves smelled a lamb
They cried “Tom hold your horses! We’re having none of your excuses this time, and in the morning you might curse us, but save your strength for tonight
…His lips touched the glass and the world got fast…

And they were drinking, smoking, hokey-koking, he was laughing and joking, living for the day they were
Swinging, reeling from the ceiling, he was swigging and toking, forgetting his way

Now the next thing it was Tuesday, a shaky tom didn’t feel too grand.
He called in sick on Monday, with a glass in his hand
Now running up the works lane, he said “the weekend’s done I’ve had my fun…but I can’t face work and no play, so I might just go in for one…”

And they were drinking, smoking, hokey-koking, he was laughing and joking, living for the day they were
Swinging, reeling from the ceiling, he was swigging and toking, forgetting, ohh
He started boking, shaking, he wasn’t faking, he was swimming in women, his face had gone beige
Now the smoking and drinking has killed his thinking, and he’s digging and mining, his way into the grave

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from Health and Safety, released October 1, 2011
Written by: Calum Maccrimmon & Innes Watson
Arranged: Man's Ruin

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Man's Ruin Glasgow, UK

Man’s Ruin comprise five of Scotland’s leading exponents of experimental folk music. These cross-genre folk rebels have earned international recognition for their soul-twisting interpretations of modern folk and roots music on the contemporary stage. Whether it be folk, funk, rock or electronica they seamlessly blend styles through careful and considered musical craft work. ... more