There's too many people
planning your downfall
when your spirit's on trial
these nights can be frightening
sleep transports sadness
to some other mid-brain
and somebody here
will not be here next year
so you stand by the board
full of fear and intention
and if you think that they're listening, well
you've got to be joking
oh, you understand change
and you think it's essential
but when your profession is humiliation
"say the wrong word to our children
we'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
lay a hand on our children
and it's never too late to have you"
mucus on your collar
a nail up through the staff chair
a blade in your soap and
you cry into your pillow
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
"say the wrong word to our children
we'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
lay a hand on our children
and it's never too late to have you"
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
to be finished would be a relief
