The Indelicates - Love and Kindness lyrics

[ONE VOICE] See the stalks are scattered When the harvest's gathered [TWO VOICES] Keep the husks for kindling And save the seed [THREE VOICES] There will be no excess Nature's what protects us We will only take The nourishment we need Dutiful and willing Constant and fulfilling In the soil tilling As our lives trudge by Dignity in labor Is a joy to savor Keep your gazes level And ignore the sky [FOUR VOICES] Awakened in the morning By the engines roaring Materially boring When there's mouths to feed Here in love and kindness We remain united Keep the husks for kindling And save the seed Firm and forward-facing Future's just sustaining Pastures green Remain in harmony Hail the land we live in Gentle and forgiving Save the smile from slipping Amity [FIVE OR SIX VOICES SPLIT] Father, when you kissed us ______________Father, when you kissed us We were cold and listless ______________We were cold and listless At kitchen tables ______________At kitchen tables listening to the Listening to the tales of woe ______________Tales of woe Daughter, we were reading ______________Daughter, we were reading All your special pleading ______________All your special pleading When the silence fell now ______________When the silence fell now, we shall We shall learn no more ______________Learn no more Wise, rejecting reasons ______________Wise, rejecting reasons Sated by the seasons ______________Sated by the seasons Watching all we're eating ______________Watching all we're eating as As the night draws close ______________The night draws close In deafness and in blindness ______________In deafness and in blindness Safe in love and kindness ______________Safe in love and kindness Confident that we've learned ______________We've learned [ALL] All we care to know No one represents us ______________No one represents us Governed by consensus ______________Governed by consensus Guided by the spirit ______________Guided by the spirit Now we all agree ______________We all agree Don't listen to the others ______________Don't listen to the others They are not your brothers ______________They are not your brothers Rather love and cherishing ______________Love and cherishing [ALL] Each family