You've got the notion You've got the knack You' re heading for the top And you'll never look back There is just one thing That you lack Do the work Just do the work And you've got a hook You sure can't lose And you spend all your days Just courting the muse But there ain't no fire If there ain't no fuse Do the work Just do the work Just like the carpenter Sanding on wood It takes time and sweat To make anything that's good And maybe you don't want to But you know you should Do the work Just do the work There is a David Inside the stone But it can't come on out All on its own You know you gotta work your fingers To the bone Do the work Just do the work Just like the carpenter Sanding on wood It takes time and sweat To make anything good And maybe you don't want to But you know you should Do the work Just do the work This is the one thing That I have learned A gift is given It is not earned For all the midnight oil you burned The perfection for which you've yearned To this one truth I have returned: Success should not be your concern (no) Do the work Just do the work Do the work You've gotta just do the work (Oh, work it now) Yeah, that's right