Wriggles from his captor's arms   Mr speaker gets the word and   Running now from the alarms   Speaks his mind free as a bird      Free now to roam around   Stand up straight when he quotes   Spread the word that he has found   Books of verse and scribbled notes      Mister speaker gets the word   (to tell the secrets he has heard)   Speaks so fast his words are slurred   (mister speaker gets the word)      Stands up straight outside my door   I bring you now the words I've learned   To whom it may concern senor   Tell my friends I have returned      Mister speaker gets the word   (to tell the secrets he has heard)   Speaks so fast his words are slurred   (mister speaker gets the word)      Excitement rages through his brain   Stirred and stirred throughout the years   Not enough time to explain   Eyes of many sighs of fear      Making space from colney hatch lane   Just some poetry my friend   Scuttles past my window frame   Vanishes right round the bend      Mister speaker gets the word   (to tell the secrets he has heard)   Speaks so fast his words are slurred   (mister speaker gets the word)