I see You sitting there on the wall
Next to the institution, staring hard down at the ground
Are You daydreaming, or planning the revolution?
Sometimes I see You singing, praying out loud for restitution
That face on You now is worse than a frown
Sitting on that wall next to the institution
It all started (or ended) with my 44th or 45th New Year’s resolution
Come on man, wake up!
Are You daydreaming? Are You planning the revolution?
You don’t seem to find joy today in the late midsummer sun
You once picked flowers and made them into a fragile crown
Now You're sitting on the wall next to the institution
Sometimes muttering, sometimes crying, sometimes howling long and loud!
But Your cries
And all Your shouts
And howls are drowned
By folks laughing
She’s daydreaming, she’s planning the revolution! Now!
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!
All over town
You're my dog or my clown, mine to pity or put down
So just sit there and wait
on the wall next to the
Institution
And just daydream
or maybe You can
plan the
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