Tell me before I waltz out of your lifeBefore turning my back on
the pastForgive my impertinent behaviorBut how long do you think
this pantomime can last?Tell me before I ride off in the
sunsetThere's one thing I never got clearHow can you claim
you're our saviorWhen those who oppose youAre stepped on, or
cut up, or simply disappear? Tell me before you get onto your
busBefore joining the forgotten brigadeHow can one person like
me, say,Alter the time-honored way the game is played?Tell me
before you get onto your high horseJust what you expect me to doI
don't care what the bourgeoisie sayI'm not in business
for them but to give all my descamisadosA magical moment or
twoThere is evil, ever around, fundamentalSystem of government
quite incidentalSo what are my chancesOf honest advances?I'd
say lowBetter to winBy admitting my sinThan to lose with a
haloTell me before I seek worthier pasturesAnd thereby restore
self-esteemHow can you be so short-sightedTo look never further
than this week or next weekTo have no impossible dream?Allow me
to help you slink off to the sidelinesI'll mark your ado
with three cheersBut first tell me who'd be delightedIf I
said I'd take on theThe world's greatest problemsFrom
war to pollution?No hope of solutionEven if I lived for one
hundred yearsThere is evil, ever around, fundamentalSystem of
government quite incidentalSo go, if you're ableTo somewhere
unstableAnd stay thereWhip up your hateIn some tottering stateBut
not here, dearIs that clear, dear?Oh what I'd give for a
hundred years!But the physical interferesEvery day more Oh my
Creator!What is the good of the strongest heartIn a body
that's falling apart?A serious flaw I hope You know that