Lyrics of 'Olly Olly Oxen Free' by Amanda Palmer

So, you wanted
That's what you get for wanting
You got it
That's what you get for getting
Forgotten
You're gardening a rotting bed
Of raygun-era icons

So, let's start it
Let's start it from the minute you felt it
You felt it like a prison, a panic
You felt it like that coffee scene
From Moscow on the Hudson

So, be honest
It's not as if you're happy about it
It's not as if you're animatronic
It's not as if you couldn't cry out
Any time you wanted

Olly olly oxen free
All the people you will never be
Olly olly oxen free
Olly olly olly olly
Olly olly olly olly

Fate, you call it
You color it the color you want it
You carpet it, that's awful convenient
You paint yourself a nice white room
With stripes and matching curtains

So, you forfeit
You cannot build a river across it
You cannot hold your own heart hostage
You do not have the strength
To gag yourself in every closet

The wrong place, wrong mind
Timing's always bad
You're such a sad case, misplaced
Renaissance inventor of a worldwide heartbreak

Taking it in stride
'Cause you're an expert, aren't you?
Aren't you just a dime a dozen
Murderous monosyllabic moron
With no sense of purpose?
Working on your songs all night
To justify your worthlessness
To anyone who's watching
If they only saw your alter egos
Pretty in the shop windows
Where you got auctioned hours ago

Olly olly oxen free
All the people you will never be
Olly olly oxen free
Olly olly olly olly
Higher than the king can

See no evil, hear no evil
Capture me and throw the key
See no evil, hear no evil
Capture me and throw the key away
Throw the key away

So, it's over
You're lying in a coffin of clutter
Your father and your sister, your drummer
Are sorting through your Soft Cell tapes and lifesaver collection

And you wonder
You wonder if you could've done better
You wonder if you should've surrendered
Before you learned that
Nobody actually wants a fucking martyr

Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see?
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see?
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see me?
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see me?

Olly olly oxen free
All the people you will never be
Olly olly oxen free
Olly olly olly olly
Higher than the king can

See no evil, hear no evil
Capture me and throw the key
See no evil, hear no evil
Capture me and throw the key away
Throw the key away
Throw the key away