Whittled me down 'til I was kindling for the fire   'cause I might've found out for myself in a while      Round and round it goes   Soon it comes to blows   School house crushed the kid   Snuff his will to flower   But now that the answer has   Been offered oh so eloquently      Pummeled you hard 'til you began to settle in   By the end of the day even they took you as one of them      Round and round it goes   Soon it comes to blows   You know in the streets below the   High rise is the ghetto   Now that the answer has   Been offered oh so eloquently      Speaker of the house I'll never be as powerful as you   As I've only known the humble work that which these hands can do      Soon it comes to blows   In this moment fragile   Unearthing wade and roe while in   The inner city it's a battle      Creation myth and gun control   Are all up for grabs and on the mantel   It hits a little too close to home for most   I can't turn it around but I can turn the channel   Now that the answer has   Been offered oh so eloquently      Oh oh oh   Oh oh oh   Oh think I'll just drift away slowly   Oh think I'll just drift away slowly   Oh think I'll just drift away slowly   Oh think I'll just drift away slowly   Think I'll just drift away slowly   Think I'll just drift away slowly   Think I'll just drift away slowly   Ah   [scraps of phrases]