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.

(Give the King a vein from your thigh,
Kiss the King and say
I'll comply with everything till I die,
Give the King a vein from my thigh,
Give the King a tear from your eye,
Give the King a kid to saponify,
Kiss the King and say
I'll comply with everything till I die)

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