our plain duty

 observe the future and record the past

that's our plain duty and it is enough

to get us our redemption at long last

 

we're only part of the supporting cast

whose job it is to murmur words of fluff

observe the future and record the past

 

while others move about the world so fast

they seem like angels yet we call their bluff

to get us our redemption at long last

 

our task's not simple though we have been classed

among the lesser folk the job is tough

observe the future and record the past

 

note who showed fear and who survived the blast

that changed the world write all fear no rebuff

to get us our redemption at long last

 

though there are horrors we'll not stand aghast

nor yield to silence or fear of the rough

observe the future and record the past

to get us our redemption  at long last