Guest Of The Government

So you've tied your colors to the mast

Held up the white bag with the highest flag

Lock the bathroom door, boy, have a blast

Use the flush to justify the aftermath

The aftermath

Oh and look now you're a guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're a guest of the government

So you've tied your colors to the tree

Try and bat back questions with certainty

Don't forget your name though that's key

Let the flock take stock and curb the misery

The misery

Oh and look now you're a guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're a guest of the government

Oh and look now you're a guest of the government

Oh lined up like a pale faced president

Look now you're a guest of the government

Look it's the eager barflies and the fashionably late

The tug between those who come to drink and those to create

By the end of the night it's all been granted the old news shrug

And we all fall gently in a comfortable hug

And with both eyes on the watch and a trip to the Baltic states

And the love slowly conquers like rust on a gate

Though the surface can scratch you and the color can fade

It's the feeling that starts in the tips of your toes as we rise up again

As we rise up again

Oh and look now you're a guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're a guest of the government

Oh and look now you're a guest of the government

Oh lined up like a pale faced president

Look now you're a guest of the government