on my behalf

And I bear my resentments

In unreleased tears

From eyes that I can‘t bear to close

It‘s been another year of politics

And literature

And beef

I don‘t think I dare to question

What‘s to come

I‘ve said it all

If I didn‘t

Soon I shall

I don‘t plan to hear the rest

May you keep on telling stories

Of mistakes

On my behalf

When the deed is done

And dead and gone

You won‘t know where to go

And you won‘t know what to do

Because you showed up for a party

that will never learn to like you