Tom T. Hall - Too Many Do Goods lyrics

We got too many do-goods
And not enough hard working men
We got too many hands out
And not enough lendin' a hand

We got too many thinkers
Looking for the answer in the wind
Hey, we got too many do-goods
And not enough hard working men
We got poets and prophets
And some folks are readin' the stars
If we'd look a little closer to home
We might find who we are
We got all kinds of sermons
In booklets and pamphlets on sin
Hey, we got too many do-goods
And not enough hard working men

We got clubs and committees
Who know all about wrong and right
Oh, but I've seen some children
Who starved plumb to death on advice
I appreciate your sympathy
And I believe in missionary work
But a little bit of bendin' down
And pickin' up your brother wouldn't hurt