What You Do With What You've Got

you must know someone like him who was tall and strong and lean with a body like a greyhound and a mind so sharp and keen but his heart, just like a laurel grew twisted round itself till almost everything he did brought pain to someone else it's not just what you're born with it's what you choose to bear it's not how big your share is it's how much you can share it's not the fights you dreamed of it's those you really fought {ah-wah} it's not what you've been given it's what you do with what you've got what's the use of two strong legs if you only run away and what's the use of the finest voice if you've nothing good to say now, ah what's the use in strength and muscle if you only push and shove and what's the use of two good ears if you can't hear those you love oh what's the use of two strong legs if you only run away and what's the use of the finest voice hah-ee-ah, hah-ee-ah what's the use in strength and muscle if you only push and shove and what's the use of two good ears if you can't hear those you love between those who use their neighbours and those who use the cane between those in constant power and those in constant pain between those who run to glory and those who cannot run tell me which ones are the cripples and which ones touch the sun? which ones touch the sun