For a bit of loyalty   I would pay you handsomely   While you're killing time   You could help fill mine   With a bit of honesty      If you're feeling kind of beat   If you're feeling incomplete   Don't be too surprised   Open up your eyes   There's a harsh reality      When a person's sad and lonely   Sometimes they will cry   When the sun comes out to meet them   Then their tears run dry      And it's nearly not so bad   When you learn of how to add up   All the good around   And you can paint the town   With a sad kind of beauty      When a person's sad and lonely   Sometimes they will cry   When the sun comes out to meet them   Then their tears run dry      Life is hard and life is cruel   If you often blow your cool   When hope lets you down   And you feel a clown   For there's little honesty      For a bit of loyalty   I would pay you handsomely   With music as sweet as wine   Rapture that's divine   If you keep me company   You could sing along with my evensong   It might ease the drudgery