When I first heard the news 
I was thinkin' of you 
And the words that were spoken 
Were bent and untrue 

It was a seemingly tragic affair at the end 
And just when we all were about to pretend 
I saw through his eyes as the sentence he spoke 
He stood up, his tongue was beginning to poke 
All the fun from your head to make you feel dead 
All the fun from your head to make you feel dead 

But when I first heard the news 
I was thinkin' of you 
And the words that were spoken 
Were bent and untrue 

And it came to them slowly, I seem to recall 
Like the hate came to Hitler and the hope into Saul 
the door 
As trivial, as a tycoon in a travesty of law 
Like natural they come, thine kingdom thine come 
Like natural they come, thine kingdom thine come 

So when I first heard the news 
I was thinkin' of you 
And the words that were spoken 
Were bent and untrue 

As the lepers were leaving in grey limousines 
They were all dealing out their black barrister dreams 
But they never once noticed what hung on his heel 
Was a sign painted backwards and it said the word 
'real' 
But never you fear, there wasn't a tear 
No never you fear, there wasn't a tear