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 a saviorWhen those who oppose you are stepped on or cut upOr simply disappear?Tell me before you get onto your busBefore joining the forgotten brigadeHow can one person like me sayAlter the time on the way the game is played?Tell me before you get onto your highHorse just what you expect me to doI don't care what the bourgeoisie sayI'm not in business for themBut to give all my desk amisadosA magical moment or twoThere is evilEver around the commandA system of government quite incidentalSo what are my chances ofHonest advances I'd say low?Better to win by 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 pay your fair giftory cheersBut first tell me who'd be delightedTo witness me tackle the world's greatest problemsFrom war to pollutionNo hope of solutionEven if I live for one hundred yearsThere is evilEver around the commandA system of government quite incidentalSo go if you're ableTo somewhere unstableAnd stay thereWhip off your hateIn some tottering stateBut not here, dearIs that clear, dear?Oh, what I'd give for a hundred yearsBut the physical interferesEvery day moreOh, my creatorWhat is the good of the strongest heartIn a body that's falling apartA serious flawI hope you don't knowI hope you know that