Layman's Banquet Video (MV)

Layman's Banquet

Call the watchman now it's done
Almost time to rest the brush
Work is done and there's the feast ahead
Whistling with its spilling cups

But you won't make it to the feast
No your patron's starting to retreat
Whisper of the holy man behind
Says his word's got the key

And the word was baking in the midday light
Couldn't count what it was worth
How you treat a prayer when money's on the way
Throw it in the hearth to burn

No, you won't settle down for that
Need a target to aim at
Truth is polishing the endless stone
Til its point might cut at last

But your patron, he regrets
He was weighing pennies in his head
He was lighting up that lantern too
As you laid your head to rest

When the gift comes easy it's too much to fight
More's already on the way
Til the wheel it stops upon a dead end road
Save a little for that day