Lyrics Nellie McKay – Toto Dies

And when the dawn breaks through the drums start
Beating the morning to the farm
Your grimace widens and your lips part
Sounding the silent alarm

Oh-ee-oh goes the Buckingham jewel guard
Oh-ee-oh goes the cop on the beat
Oh-ee-oh goes the kid in the schoolyard
Oh-ee-oh goes the kid on the street
Hey man what’s happenin’ with you?
I watched that episode too
Maybe I’ll get some Chinese
I’ll have the dumplings
No MSG please

And when the night breaks through they wonder
If all they lost was self-respect
They pass the homes of greed and plunder
Still, ling’ring on, the disconnect

Oh-ee-oh sittin’ down for the evening
Oh-ee-oh through the civil earthquake
Oh-ee-oh safe in bed and they’re dreamin’
Heaven knows if they’ll ever awake

Yeah I’ll have my coffee black
Hey look we’re bombing Iraq
I guess that’s the only way
Oh did I tell you we got Fifi spayed?
And when they get to work they hear drums

Oh-ee-oh but there’s somethin’ a growin’
Oh-ee-oh through the bustle and hiss
Oh-ee-oh fuck the lawns that need mowin’
Oh-ee-oh there is somethin’ amiss
Oh-ee-oh oh-ee-oh oh-ee-oh
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee-oh