request the honor of your presence    the tear gas has blown away    put down your crumpets and your coffee now    so unfasionably late    Pre-Chorus    little brother, little sister    underwater we go    out of our ordinary selves    steppin out to where the people sing       Chorus    wooohoooooooooooooooo    -and the people sing    -and the times are good       you say i'm acting like a beggar    i call it killin the fool    you carry more baggage    than a momma's boy    on your first day of school       Pre-Chorus    Chorus       Bridge:    let go the light of the t.v.    drop the hands    the chains that bind me    turn it all around    stop, lift you up 'n die to self    in a time when the left and the right's the same    when it's all blurred vision in a crazy haze    send out the invitations!       Chorus       you say i'm acting like a beggar    i call it killing the fool    to save your life you gotta lose it    so the people sing