Still Small Beer

Wake up Jacob now, wake up John
 Day's a-wasting, great things to be done
 Super-highways don't build themselves
 Estates and empires by the stroke of twelve
 Where we fit in the scheme of things?
 We're just debris blown by the wind
 So forget your woman and the water can
 We're all working for the man
 He's got money now, he's got fame
 He's got letters running after his name
 He says "We are where we must be
 And we are what we must be"
 Still small beer
 Got the message loud and clear
 Still small beer
 For what we're worth, it's still small beer
 Head down Harvey and tail up Tom
 In this man's army, there's no spoils to be won
 Spit and polish, keep your muzzle clean
 We're just cogs in this war machine
 Best foot forward, do we march in fear?
 We're all cloggers and minions here
 So know your station and make no mistake
 As you brew, so you shall bake
 All our effort and all our time
 All together in the firing line
 But an honest soldier is never forgot
 Whether he die by musket or pot
 Still small beer
 Got the message loud and clear
 Still small beer
 For what we're worth, it's still small beer
 Still small beer
 Drink up and get out of here
 Still small beer
 For what you're worth, it's still small beer
 And we sing our song to the sun
 "Beer! Beer! Beer!" cried the soldiers
 "Brave fellows are we"
 And we sing our song to the sun
 "Beer! Beer! Beer!" cried the sailors
 As we heave along the way
 What we're worth and what we're not
 We'll make the best of what we've got
 But they made it plain, so it would appear
 That he who thinks beer's not Shakespeare
 Still small beer
 Got the message loud and clear
 Still small beer
 For what we're worth, it's still small beer
 Still small beer
 Insignificance
 Still small beer
 Insignificance