request the honor of your presence

the tear gas has blown away

put down your crumpets and your coffee now

so unfasionably late

Pre-Chorus

little brother, little sister

underwater we go

out of our ordinary selves

steppin out to where the people sing

Chorus

wooohoooooooooooooooo

-and the people sing

-and the times are good

you say i'm acting like a beggar

i call it killin the fool

you carry more baggage

than a momma's boy

on your first day of school

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge:

let go the light of the t.v.

drop the hands

the chains that bind me

turn it all around

stop, lift you up 'n die to self

in a time when the left and the right's the same

when it's all blurred vision in a crazy haze

send out the invitations!

Chorus

you say i'm acting like a beggar

i call it killing the fool

to save your life you gotta lose it

so the people sing