And when the dawn breaks through the drums start   Beating the morning to the farm   Your grimace widens and your lips part   Sounding the silent alarm      And when the bells explode they scatter   Hitching a hand unto the breeze   The grand bureaucracy grows fatter   Whistling the old melodies      Oh-ee-oh goes the Buckingham jewel guard   Oh-ee-oh goes the cop on the beat   Oh-ee-oh goes the kid in the schoolyard   Oh-ee-oh goes the kid on the street      Hey man what's happenin' with you?   I watched that episode too   Maybe I'll get some Chinese   I'll have the dumplings, no MSG please      And when the night breaks through they wonder   If all they lost was self respect   They pass the homes of greed and plunder   Still, ling'ring on, the disconnect      Oh-ee-oh sittin' down for the evening   Oh-ee-oh through the civil earthquake   Oh-ee-oh safe in bed and they're dreamin'   Heaven knows if they'll ever awake      Yeah I'll have my coffee black   Hey look we're bombing Iraq   I guess that's the only way   Oh did I tell you we got Fifi spayed?      And when they get to work they hear drums   The boom fills all the empty space   They file papers lada-da-dee-dum   Trimming their shoebox with lace      Oh-ee-oh but there's somethin' a growin'   Oh-ee-oh through the bustle and hiss   Oh-ee-oh fuck the lawns that need mowin'   Oh-ee-oh there is somethin' I miss   Oh-ee-oh, oh-ee-oh, oh-ee-oh   Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh