Away with the lights and down with every last remaining conversational height are we out of sight? I'm not about to let this keep me up in the night Oh we happy few We condescending Congregating Party of fools Any words Will do A streaking and a stocking In a room with a view And I've done I've done what I could To black-and-whiten down technicolorhood But I know, I got to be good If I wanna catch the break that I know I should Yes I should, yes I should Have run away while I could Four years and a week To complete What Damon or Gonzales Would have done in a day Here's to our defeat We'll sugarcoat it all to cut the meaning away This is all so well As long as we get all the leeway needed to think We are hooks and cowbells I hope this ends up in a Kenzo advertisement And I've done I've done what I could To black-and-whiten down technicolorhood But I know, I got to be good If I wanna catch the break that I know I should Yes I should, yes I should Have run away while I could I got nothing to say I got nothing new Not a thing to convey To you I got no love to give And no message at all You won't learn anything From this song