We the Common (for Valerie Bolden)

If it been my youth would have come to me

Oh love won’t you bite my eye

I miss the sweet, godden mound

Bare foot a skeleton dry

All they wanted was a villain, a villain

And all they have was me

All they wanted was a villain, a villain

So then they just took me

Hold my county line, get down on my city floor

I will suffer no humans, that been my habit before

Oh, and have the earth just shake

And tumble and tremble, for what the people do take

And I want in, all over your mind

Cause oh, how we, the common do cry

Oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, ohooo

Oh aha, aha, oh aha, aha

Where do you go from me?

Oh aha, aha, oh aha, aha

When I wait for you faithfully

Oh aha, aha, oh aha, aha

And will they take my life in time?

Oh aha, aha, oh aha, aha

I love my girl, will you remind her?

Oh aha, aha, oh aha, aha

Oh how we, the common do cry

Oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, ohooo

With that we die, we die, we die until we try

We die, we die, we die until we try

Well I could be your saint, you could be mine

Well I could be your saint, you would be mine

If it been my youth would have come to me

Oh love won’t you bite my eye

I miss the sweet, godden mound

Bare foot a skeleton dry

All they wanted was a villain, a villain

And all they have was me

All they wanted was a villain, a villain

So then they just took me

Hold my county line, get down on my city floor

I will suffer no humans, that been my habit before

Oh, how we, the common must cry!

Oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, ohooo

And oh, how we, the common must cry!

Oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, oho, oho, oh, ohooo