All the boys who called their mothers on that day

Were no tough bunch but they had the nerves to go and say

That all your secrets were drowned

with the pioneers who were flooded from this town

They packed their bags only moments too late

With the pounding waves crashing up against the weakened water gates



Cause dire times call for dire faces

So lovely dancer, call and answer

Trade our places in the night

We're running barefoot, you and I

Dead lovers salivate

Broken hearts tessellate tonight



And all the kids who cut their knees on that old schoolyard fence

Were holding out for posterity and self-defense

We beat them down again

There's no fun in playing cowboys for pretend

We showed them what the backs of our hands is for

The divide is clear in the coming year

The rich will take the poor



Cause dire times call for dire faces

So lovely dancer, call and answer

Trade our places in the night

We're running barefoot, you and I

Dead lovers salivate

Broken hearts tessellate tonight