The straight and the square rarely advance
I'm serving in the stupidest of posts
I don't have time to open a book
buried beneath casework and records
the disaster of war has worn us all down
there's no vacation from corvee and taxes
the downtrodden masses need help
but compassionate measures only cause us trouble
I think of retiring day and night
from outside my door I can see the old mountains
if you feel the same
let's go back arm-in-arm together