I came here today from some body's wake,
With a typewritten page that reads,
"I don't know what to say."

I'm just a thinking reed, a beast with a creed,
And both eyes to weep
The death of Edward Said.

I'm gathered here today to toast the lost sands
And the red and black armbands
That say, "We're coming with the rain."

"We're coming with the rain. We're not voting for the king.
We're coming with the pain.
We thought we ought to bring something."

When we go out,
Do you find the Rep girls look at you,
Dem girls look through you?
When you're all polled out,
How can I
Love you
Like the canaille
Do?

Hell! I'm in love with some kid I hardly know.
Mind, heart and mouth - with some kid I dare not know.

When we go out,
Do you find the Rep girls look at you,
Dem girls look through you?
When you're all polled out,
How can I
Love you
Like the canaille
Do?

Hell! I'm in love with some kid I scarcely know.
Mind, heart and mouth - with some kid I dare not know.

Bust me out of love with this kid I don't know
Stamp out my love for this kid I dare not know.

Hell! I'm in love with some kid I scarcely know.